{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,13]],"date-time":"2026-05-13T01:57:45Z","timestamp":1778637465861,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"AVES YAYINCILIK A.\u015e.","issue":"3","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["URP"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Objectives: To identify the causes of delayed diagnosis of urogenital tuberculosis (UGT) through a qualitative study of patients with contracted bladder due to UGT.\n\nMaterials and Methods: Eight patients diagnosed with contracted bladder due to UGT were evaluated. Data were obtained using face-to-face in-depth interviews and supplemented with medical records analysis and personal medical files. The identification of situations of diagnosis delay was coded by 2 urologists after data analyses. Codes were divided into 3 categories related to its causes: (1) health system; (2) disease factors; and (3) medical factors.\n\nResults: The 8 interviews produced 220 minutes of audio and 1.3 GB of scanned documents. The most frequent categories were \u201cMedical factors,\u201d followed by \u201cDisease factors\u201d and \u201cHealth system.\u201d The codes \u201cNo clinical-laboratory-radiological suspicion\u201d and \u201cNo clinical suspicion\u201d were the most frequent, both belonging to \u201cMedical factors.\u201d Clinically, tuberculosis simulates other pathologies and lacks specific tests with adequate sensitivity. The low representation of \u201cHealth system\u201d codes indicates that access to public and private health services does not influence delayed diagnosis. The lack of clinical and radiological suspicion and the lack of knowledge of UGT features are the main reasons for diagnosis delay.\n\nConclusions: The causes of delayed diagnosis in our sample were related to \u201cMedical factors,\u201d followed by \u201cDisease factors.\u201d Better understanding UGT features is an important topic in continuous medical education.\n\nCite this article as: Barreto AA, Lopes HE, Netto JMB, Figueiredo AA. Urogenital tuberculosis and delayed diagnosis: A qualitative study. Urol Res Pract. 2024;50(3):198-202.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.5152\/tud.2024.24028","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,28]],"date-time":"2024-10-28T03:04:29Z","timestamp":1730084669000},"page":"198-202","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Urogenital Tuberculosis and Delayed Diagnosis: A Qualitative Study"],"prefix":"10.5152","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Augusto de Azevedo","family":"Barreto","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Humberto Elias","family":"Lopes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jos\u00e9 Murillo Bastos","family":"Netto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Andr\u00e9 Avarese","family":"Figueiredo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"3111","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,21]]},"container-title":["Urology Research and Practice"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/urologyresearchandpractice.org\/index.php\/pub\/article\/download\/3619\/3615","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,17]],"date-time":"2026-03-17T10:43:59Z","timestamp":1773744239000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/urologyresearchandpractice.org\/index.php\/pub\/article\/view\/3619"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,21]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,1,1]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5152\/tud.2024.24028","relation":{},"ISSN":["2980-1478"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2980-1478","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,21]]}}}