This Letter to the Editor was published recently in the prestigious medical journal, Human Reproduction.
There are a still a lot of myths and misconceptions about genital TB and infertility in India . A large number of infertile women in India are being treated for "silent" or "dormant" or "occult" genital TB, based on a positive TB PCR test ! This kind of overtreatment can cause a lot of harm.
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/07/18/humrep.des268.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=qBYiovjFKx7zznK
There are a still a lot of myths and misconceptions about genital TB and infertility in India . A large number of infertile women in India are being treated for "silent" or "dormant" or "occult" genital TB, based on a positive TB PCR test ! This kind of overtreatment can cause a lot of harm.
http://humrep.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/07/18/humrep.des268.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=qBYiovjFKx7zznK
Well-written, well-argued and very informative!
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