Diagnostic dilemma of abdominal tuberculosis in non-HIV patients: An ongoing challenge for physicians

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 39, 2006, Pages 6371-6375

  Khan, Rustam ^a   Abid, Shahab ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Hameed, Khalid ^a   Ahmad, Zubair ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Abdominal tuberculosis; Diagnosis and abdominal tuberculosis; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIARRHEA; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG RESPONSE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NIGHT SWEAT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERITONITIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; VISCERA; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33750829995     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i39.6371     Document Type: Article

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