Primary gastric fundus tuberculosis in immunocompetent patient: A case ceport and literature review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 453-455

  Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   AlAni, Ahmed ^a   Al Rikabi, Ammar ^a   Mizrakhshi, A ^a   Osman, Mohamed El Mudathir ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Gastric tuberculosis; Hematemesis; Peptic ulcer; Stomach perforation

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEVER; GASTROSCOPY; GRANULOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PRIMARY GASTRIC FUNDUS TUBERCULOSIS; SYMPTOM; TUBERCULOSIS; VOMITING; FOLLOW UP; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ADULT; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ISONIAZID; MALE; RIFAMPIN; STOMACH DISEASES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 65449180402     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702008000500020     Document Type: Article

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