Frequency of Cases of Genitourinary Tuberculosis Hospital De Clínicas Gestión 2000 to 2019 La Paz, Bolivia

Abstract

The urogenital tract is one of the most frequent locations of extrapulmonary tuberculosis, but it is not a very common finding in clinical practice. According to the WHO in 2015, 10.4 million people fell ill with tuberculosis, which is one of the top 10 global causes of mortality. Extrapulmonary tuberculosis is estimated to represent 15 to 25% of all tuberculosis patients, and of these, the renal location is the most frequent.