Tuberculous prostatitis is rare in prostate cancer patients in Bangladesh

Authors

  • Mahbuba Ashrafi Mumu Department of microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
  • M Tahminur Rahman Department of Pathology, Anwer Khan Modern Medical College, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Ashfaque Hossain College of Medicine, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia
  • Sayera Banu International Centre for Diarrheal Diseases and Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Muhammad Manjurul Karim Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Keywords:

Prostatic lesions, prostate cancer, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Xpert MTB/RIF assay

Abstract

This study investigated whether tuberculous prostatitis is common among patients with different prostatic lesions including prostate cancer in Bangladesh. None of the 85 biopsy sample revealed acid fast bacilli on Ziehl-Neelsen (Z-N) microscopy or the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Moreover, eight samples of prostatic adenocarcinoma which were also tested by Xpert MTB/RIF assay did not show presence of M. tuberculosis. These findings indicate that tuberculous prostatitis is rare in the cross section Bangladeshi population investigated in this study.

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Published

28-07-2022

How to Cite

Mumu, M. A., Rahman, M. T., Hossain, A., Banu, S., & Karim, M. M. (2022). Tuberculous prostatitis is rare in prostate cancer patients in Bangladesh. Bioresearch Communications - (BRC), 2(2), 281–284. Retrieved from https://www.bioresearchcommunications.com/index.php/brc/article/view/131

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2016)

Section

Short Communication

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