Lower gastrointestinal tract tuberculosis: An important but neglected disease

International Journal of Colorectal Disease

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1175-1180

  Lin, Pei Ying ^a   Wang, Jann Yuan ^a,b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a,b   Lee, Li Na ^a,b   Hsiao, Cheng Hsiang ^a,b   Yu, Chong Jen ^a,b   Yang, Pan Chyr ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Gastrointestinal tract; Multidrug resistant tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; RIFAMPICIN; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; EXTRAPULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 69849115041     PISSN: 01791958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00384-009-0721-3     Document Type: Review

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