Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV-positive individuals

Abdominal Tuberculosis

Abdominal and pericardial ultrasound in suspected extrapulmonary or disseminated tuberculosis.

OBJECTIVE Tuberculosis (TB) in patients with or without advanced HIV infection may present as smear-negative, extrapulmonary and/or disseminated forms. We studied the role of pericardial and abdominal ultrasound examinations in the determination of extrapulmonary or disseminated TB. METHODS A prospective descriptive and analytic cross-sectional study design was used to determine the ultrasoun...

Diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis in the acute abdomen.

BACKGROUND Despite recent improvements in medical treatments, the incidence of abdominal tuberculosis (ATB) in the United Kingdom has increased over the past two decades. This case series examined the difficulties encountered in correctly diagnosing this infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS A retrospective study was undertaken, reviewing the records of 36 patients diagnosed with ATB from 2000 to 2...

Hepatic tuberculosis in absence of disseminated abdominal tuberculosis.

Liver involvement in tuberculosis in absence of miliary tuberculosis is rare. This study was performed to analyse the spectrum and response to treatment of hepatic tuberculosis in the absence of miliary abdominal tuberculosis. Retrospective analysis of seven cases of hepatic tuberculosis without miliary abdominal tuberculosis who presented at the single tertiary referral center were analyzed. A...

Disseminated nocardiosis masquerading as abdominal tuberculosis.

A 32-year-old patient was admitted with a community-acquired pneumonia. She had clinical evidence of AIDS and chest X-ray features consistent with pulmonary tuberculosis. While in the ward she developed an acute abdomen necessitating laparotomy, at which a diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis was made. Sputum and intraoperative pus specimens grew a multiresistant Nocardia brasiliensis. Microbiol...