Tuberculous abdominal abscess in an HIV-infected man: Neither infection previously diagnosed

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Kuo-Yao Kao (Author), Tsung-I Hung (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: AOSIS, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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A 38-year-old man had a 1-week history of right lower quadrant abdominal pain; the initial impression was that he had diverticulitis of the ascending colon with an intra-abdominal abscess. Signs of peritonitis mandated an immediate right hemicolectomy. The unusual location of the abscess and the pat...