Dilemma Continues – Abdominal Tuberculosis or Abdomininal Lymphoma
Journal Title: Journal of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Tuberculosis is a disease that has long been there since ages and is a threat as it was. Abdominal tuberculosis is espacially common in endemic regions and with its varying and non-specific presentation may mimic a variety of disorders ranging from benign to malignant. It has a concealing effect as well and tends to mask diseases that are of entirely different character. All of this creates a diagnostic dilemma for the clinician. we present a similar case which was as non-specific as it could be. We presented here a patient who after undergoing more than 3 colonoscopies, being labelled lymphoma twice, registered for chemotherapy and most of the conventional tubercular markers being negative, still turned out to be a case of abdominal tuberculosis. J Microbiol Infect Dis 2017; 7(3):156-159
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Ajaz Nabi Koul, Aadil Bashir Rather, Basharat Ah. Kasana
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP413755
- DOI 10.5799/jmid.367615
- Views 115
- Downloads 0
Daptomisine duyarlı olmayan Enterococcus faecium bakteriyemisinde daptomisin tedavisi: Olgu sunumu
Daptomisine duyarlı olmayan Enterococcus faecium (DNSE)’a bağlı ciddi nfeksiyonlarda en iyi tedavi seçeneği belirsizdir. Burada DNSE bakteriyemisi olan bir olguda daptomisin kullanımı tecrübemizi paylaştık. Bildiğimiz ka...
Pseudomonas aeruginosa from the Hospital Environment
Hospital acquired infection is an additional affliction to the patient admitted to the hospital for some serious illness and is caused by pathogens which are prevalent in hospital environment. In the hos-pital, microbes...
Acute invasive rhinosinusitis case caused by Aspergillus flavus in two patients prediagnosed with mucormycosis
Acute invasive rhinosinusitis caused by Aspergillus spp. may lead to invasive disease and mortality, especially in immunocompromised individuals. In this report, two invasive fungal rhinosinusitis cases in an immune comp...
Mycological and Serological Study of Invasive Aspergillosis in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Objectives: Invasive aspergillosis (IA) has emerged as a major life threatening infection in high risk patients. Recent advances have led to early diagnosis of IA by detecting Aspergillus antigens in serum particularly G...
Cryptococcal Cellulitis in a Diabetic with Nephropathy on Adalimumab Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Cutaneous infection with Cryptococcus neoformans is rare but can occur in the setting of rheumatoid arthritis due to immunosuppression. Risk factors include chronic kidney disease and use of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (...