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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Disseminated tuberculosis presenting as mesenteric and cerebral abscess in HIV infection: case report
Autores: | Pandit,Vinay; Valsalan,Rohith; Seshadri,Shubha; Bahuleyan,Shibu.
Data: | 2009-10-01
Ano: | 2009
Palavras-chave: | HIV; Tuberculosis; Abscess.
Resumo: | Disseminated tuberculosis in HIV infection involves multiple organs. Pulmonary and lymph node involvement are the commonest form of tuberculosis in HIV infection [1, 2]. Other forms of tuberculosis in the absence of lung and lymph node involvement are rare. Various forms of abdominal [3, 4] and neurological [5, 6] tubercular involvement in HIV infection have been reported. But tuberculosis presenting simultaneously with mesenteric and brain abscess has not been reported yet. We report a case of disseminated tuberculosis presenting as mesenteric and cerebral abscess in a HIV case without involving lung and lymph nodes. Bone marrow smears and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) from mesenteric lesion were positive for acid fast bacilli (AFB) and the diagnosis of tuberculosis was confirmed by positive polymerase chain reaction (PCR). He responded well to treatment with anti tubercular drugs.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000500014
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702009000500014
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.13 n.5 2009
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess