The present-day view of the problem of female genital tuberculosis
Objective. To analyze references and electronic databases devoted to the problems of the epidemiology, clinical presentation, and up-to-date diagnosis of female genital tuberculosis. Subject and methods. The references and electronic databases, such as elibrary.ru, elFL Direct, MEDLINE, Health Source, AIDSLINE, Pub Med Medline, and Medical Journals, was analyzed. Results. Objective and subjective difficulties in the diagnosis of female genital tuberculosis have been analyzed; emphasis is laid on the need for a set of in-depth clinical and laboratory studies in a female genital tuberculosis risk group, which encompass current methods available in outpatient practice.