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Tuberculosis peritonitis with features of acute abdomen in HIV infection

(2015) Tuberculosis peritonitis with features of acute abdomen in HIV infection. International Journal of Mycobacteriology. pp. 151-153. ISSN 2212-5531

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Abstract

This case report introduces a 26-year-old male IV drug abuser with fever, abdominal pain and distension referred to the emergency ward. According to these findings, abdominal tenderness and involuntary guarding, an explorative laparotomy was performed. Multiple biopsies of omentum, peritoneum and liver were taken. Pathologic assessment of multiple biopsies confirmed intra-abdominal TB infection. (C) 2015 Asian African Society for Mycobacteriology. Production and hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Keywords: TB Tuberculosis peritonitis Acute abdomen HIV infection abdominal tuberculosis Infectious Diseases Microbiology
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Page Range: pp. 151-153
Journal or Publication Title: International Journal of Mycobacteriology
Journal Index: ISI
Volume: 4
Number: 2
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmyco.2015.02.004
ISSN: 2212-5531
Depositing User: مهندس مهدی شریفی
URI: http://eprints.bmsu.ac.ir/id/eprint/5451

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