Gallbladder tuberculosis (Case report and review of the literature)

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 29, 1999, Pages 2804-2806

  Abu Zidan, F M ^a,b   Zayat, I ^a  

^a MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cholecystitis; Gallbladder; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER TUBERCULOSIS; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPH NODE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PORTAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLELITHIASIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER; GALLBLADDER DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032722457     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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