Unusual presentation of a tuberculous peritonitis in a patient with concomitant AIDS and liver cirrhosis

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1021-1022

  Turner, Luc ^a   Dupont, Caroline ^a   Lesur, Gilles ^a   Barthod, Frédérique ^a   Moreau, Delphine ^a   Rouveix, Elisabeth ^a   Dorra, Max ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Liver cirrhosis; Tuberculous peritonitis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FATALITY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS DELTA VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

EID: 0029992536     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199610000-00017     Document Type: Article

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