What is the role of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) process in the diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis (TB) and in differentiating it from Crohn's disease? Tuberculosis may involve any part of the ...

Ronik Kanani and Aleixo Muise1 describe a case of intra-abdominal peritonitis associated with abdominal pain and hypotension secondary to intra-abdominal tuberculosis (TB). The clinical presentation ...

The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. It requires very simple growth conditions to multiply and they are quite adaptable to survive in adverse ...

A 17-year-old male presented to the emergency department with a 24-hour history of increasing epigastric pain, black stools and bilious vomiting. He had a 5-month history of vague epigastric ...

Six episodes of pneumococcal peritonitis in five patients with postnecrotic cirrhosis, portal hypertension and ascites are reported. This diagnosis must be considered when fever or abdominal ...