Tuberculosis peritonitis with features of acute abdomen in HIV infection

Publication date: Available online 1 April 2015 Source:International Journal of Mycobacteriology Author(s): Keivan Sabooni , Mohammad Hossein Khosravi , Hossein Pirmohammad , Shahla Afrasiabian , Niloofar Moghbel , Ehsan Shahverdi , Mohammad Amin Konjedi , Ashkan Shahverdi This case report introduces a 26-year-old male IV drug abuser with fever, abdominal pain and distension referred to the emergency ward. According to these findings, abdominal tenderness and involuntary guarding, an explorative laparotomy was performed. Multiple biopsies of omentum, peritoneum and liver were taken. Pathologic assessment of multiple biopsies confirmed intra-abdominal TB infection.
Source: International Journal of Mycobacteriology - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research