Genital tuberculosis as the cause of tuboovarian abscess in an immunosuppressed patient

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mylonas, I ^a   Ilmer, M ^a   Bergauer, F ^a   Friese, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; VITAMIN B GROUP; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADNEXA DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OVARY CYST; PERITONITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALPINGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; UROGENITAL TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS LOAD; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTITUBERCULAR; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OVARIAN DISEASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUBERCULOSIS, FEMALE GENITAL;

EID: 77952303534     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: 10980997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/745060     Document Type: Article

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