A Multicentric Cohort and Biomarker Study for Improved Care of Patients with Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis

This is a prospective, multicenter, observational study (mEX-TB study) of patients with extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). Adult patients newly diagnosed with EPTB will prospectively be enrolled into the study. Clinical data will be collected using standardized questionnaires over the whole treatment period for each individual. Additionally, body fluids (blood, urine) will be collected and stored in a central biobank. Biomarkers in EPTB patients will be analyzed during the course of therapy and correlated with clinical data. In addition, a healthy control group will be added, to be used primarily as technical controls for complex laboratory procedures such as RNA-seq and T-cell based assays.