Disease Presentation (TB)

Fever, Pain, Ascites Indicative of Abdominal TB

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 24th, 1997

Abdominal tuberculosis should be suspected in patients with fever, abdominal pain, and ascites, especially in people who are at high risk for TB, according to a report from Saudi Arabia.

Abdominal tuberculosis has a varied presentation and can easily be confused with other conditions. At the American Society for Microbiology's 37th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC), held September 28 to October 1, 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, researcher Ziad Memish and colleagues reported on their experience with 46 abdominal TB patients in an effort to add to the understanding of diagnosing this disease.

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