Peritoneal tuberculosis

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 325-329

  Mimidis, Konstantinos ^a   Ritis, K ^a   Kartalis, G ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ascites; PCR; Peritoneal tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; BACTERIAL DNA; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANOREXIA; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CARCINOMATOUS PERITONITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA EXTRACTION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESPONSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34548528339     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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