Appendicular tuberculosis: The resurgence of an old disease with difficult diagnosis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 518-521

  Barbagallo, Francesco ^a   Latteri, Saverio ^a   Sofia, Maria ^a   Ricotta, Agostino ^a   Castello, Giorgio ^a   Chisari, Andrea ^a   Randazzo, Valentina ^a   La Greca, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Peritoneal tuberculosis; Peritonitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ISONIAZID; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OMENTECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RARE DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 76149100213     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i4.518     Document Type: Article

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