Assessment of 35 children with abdominal tuberculosis

Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 128-132

  Kiliҫ, Ömer ^a   Somer, Ayper ^b   Törün, Selda Hanҫerli ^b   Emiroʇlu, Melike Keser ^b   Salman, Nuran ^b   Salman, Tansu ^b   C¸elik, Alaattin ^b   Yekeler, Ensar ^b   Uzun, Meltem ^b  

^a Erzurum District Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Child; Gastrointestinal tuberculosis; Tuberculous peritonitis

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ETHAMBUTOL; ISONIAZID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PYRAZINAMIDE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BCG VACCINATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTESTINE LOOP; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER HYPERTROPHY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PELVIS; PELVIS TUBERCULOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLENOMEGALY; TUBERCULIN TEST; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS; TUBERCULOUS MENINGITIS; TUBERCULOUS PERITONITIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; COMPLICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MICROBIOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84924907180     PISSN: 13004948     EISSN: 21485607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5152/tjg.2015.6123     Document Type: Article

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