{
    "abstract": "Testicular or epididymal tuberculosis is a rare form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis of any form is very difficult to diagnose by microscopy because it is usually paucibacillary. Therefore, molecular methods play a major role in the diagnosis of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. We present a rare case of unilateral testicular tuberculosis in a 23-year-old immunocompetent patient with no history of contact with a known tuberculosis case. He presented to us with swelling on his testis for one month and a discharging sinus in the left testis for 15 days, along with an intermittent fever for a week. A pus swab from the discharging sinus of the testis was sent to microbiology, where a cartridge-based nucleic acid amplification test (CBNAAT) was done, which detected ",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.",
            "firstname": "Jayanthi",
            "initials": "J",
            "lastname": "Gunasekaran"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.",
            "firstname": "Rahul",
            "initials": "R",
            "lastname": "Ranjan"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.",
            "firstname": "Ina",
            "initials": "I",
            "lastname": "Joshi"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.",
            "firstname": "Priya",
            "initials": "P",
            "lastname": "Karlapudi"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Microbiology, Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Medical College and Hospital, Faridabad, IND.",
            "firstname": "Rajiv M",
            "initials": "RM",
            "lastname": "Gupta"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "Copyright \u00a9 2024, Gunasekaran et al.",
    "doi": "10.7759/cureus.52902",
    "journal": "Cureus",
    "keywords": [
        "cbnaat (cartridge based nucleic acid amplification)",
        "extrapulmonary tuberculosis",
        "genitourinary tuberculosis (gutb)",
        "lj (lowenstein jensen) culture",
        "lpa (line probe assay)",
        "paucibacillary",
        "rifampicin",
        "testicular tuberculosis",
        "tuberculosis",
        "ziehl-neelsen stain"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2024-02-26",
    "pubmed_id": "38405999\n33680408\n27536355\n34692266\n19468469\n16127515\n31934504\n37920620\n37273294\n37303474",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Isolated Unilateral Testicular Tuberculosis in a Young, Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report.",
    "xml": "<Element 'PubmedArticle' at 0x788503cef3d0>"
}