tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Tuberculous peritonitis in a German patient with primary biliary cirrhosis: a case report"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Tuberculous peritonitis in a German patient with primary biliary cirrhosis: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Tuberculous peritonitis in a German patient with primary biliary cirrhosis a case report Yilin Vogel1 Jan C Bous1 Guido Winnekendonk2 and Bernhard F Henning 1 Address Department of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology Unit Marienhospital Ruhr University Herne Germany and 2Department of Radiology Marienhospital Ruhr University Herne Germany Email Yilin Vogel - Jan C Bous - Guido Winnekendonk - Bernhard F Henning - Corresponding author Published 31 January 2008 Received 29 June 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 32 doi 1752-1947-2-32 Accepted 31 January 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 32 2008 Vogel et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background The number of cases of tuberculosis as a complication in people with immunodeficiency people on immunosuppressive therapy and among the immigrant population is increasing in Germany. However tuberculous peritonitis rarely occurs without these risks particularly in Germans. The incidence of tuberculous peritonitis in Germany is very low tuberculosis of the intestinal tract was found in approximately of tuberculosis cases in 2004. The diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis is often delayed on account of non-specific clinical symptoms. The absence of specific biological markers long incubation times for cultures and nonspecific radiographic or ultrasonographic signs increase the morbidity associated with this treatable condition. Case presentation We report a case of tuberculous peritonitis in