Primary peritonitis due to brucellosis mimicking tuberculous peritonitis

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-137

  Demiroǧlu, Yusuf Ziya ^a   Turunç, Tuba ^a   Alişkan, Hikmet ^a   Çolakoǧlu, Şule ^a   Arslan, Hande ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Brucellosis; Peritonitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRUCELLOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PERITONITIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; SERODIAGNOSIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASCITES; BRUCELLOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MALE; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; RIFAMPIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649343177     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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