Tuberculous peritonitis: Analysis of 211 cases in Taiwan

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-117

  Yeh, Hsiu Fen ^a   Chiu, Te Fa ^a   Chen, Jih Chang ^a   Ng, Chip Jin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Peritoneal tuberculosis; Secondary bacterial peritonitis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMOPTYSIS; HEPATITIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PERITONEUM; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855750406     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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