Tuberculous peritonitis defying diagnosis: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 458-461

  Hasegawa, Makoto ^a   Wada, Nobuaki ^a   Yasuhara, Hiroshi ^a   Naka, Syuji ^a   Nagao, Toshitaka ^a   Ishida, Yasuo ^a   Sugano, Isamu ^a   Nagao, Koichi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exploratory laparotomy; Intestinal tuberculosis; Tuberculous peritonitis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; KANAMYCIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

EID: 0034111091     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005950050625     Document Type: Article

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