Epidemiology
Colonic TB Seen Frequently in India
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 12th, 1996
Intestinal tuberculosis still remains the most common granulomatous disease of the bowel in India.
"A resurgence of tuberculosis has been witnessed in the Western countries, caused by increased infection with HIV and the recent wave of immigrants from the developing countries," researcher Virendra Singh and colleagues wrote ("Clinicocolonoscopic Profile of Colonic Tuberculosis," The American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1996;91(3):565-567).
"Clinical and radiographic findings are nonspecific, and thus, the diagnosis...
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