Bladder tuberculosis

Urogenital tuberculosis is secondary to tuberculosis lesions of the lungs and extrapulmonary organs (stomach, small intestine, lymph nodes). Renal tuberculosis accounts for about 20% of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculosis of bladder is part of urinary tuberculosis, which is mostly caused by urine contamination of renal tuberculosis and secondary spread from the mucous membrane along the ureter. Therefore, bladder tuberculosis and urogenital tuberculosis exist simultaneously. The severity of the disease is related to the urinary system Prognosis of tuberculosis. Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) bladder infusion for superficial bladder cancer is the most common cause of iatrogenic infection.

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