Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae

The incidence of tuberculosis in humans due to Mycobacterium caprae is very low and is almost confined to Europe. We report a case of a previously healthy 41-year-old Moroccan with a 6 month history of abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue and diarrhea. A diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis due to M...

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Autores principales: Nebreda, T., Álvarez-Prida, E., Blanco, B., Remacha, M.A., Samper, S., Jiménez, M.S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27134824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.010
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author Nebreda, T.
Álvarez-Prida, E.
Blanco, B.
Remacha, M.A.
Samper, S.
Jiménez, M.S.
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description The incidence of tuberculosis in humans due to Mycobacterium caprae is very low and is almost confined to Europe. We report a case of a previously healthy 41-year-old Moroccan with a 6 month history of abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue and diarrhea. A diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis due to M. caprae was made.
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spelling pubmed-48338282016-04-29 Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae Nebreda, T. Álvarez-Prida, E. Blanco, B. Remacha, M.A. Samper, S. Jiménez, M.S. IDCases Case Report The incidence of tuberculosis in humans due to Mycobacterium caprae is very low and is almost confined to Europe. We report a case of a previously healthy 41-year-old Moroccan with a 6 month history of abdominal pain, weight loss, fatigue and diarrhea. A diagnosis of peritoneal tuberculosis due to M. caprae was made. Elsevier 2016-04-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4833828/ /pubmed/27134824 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.010 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Samper, S.
Jiménez, M.S.
Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae
title Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae
title_full Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae
title_fullStr Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae
title_full_unstemmed Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae
title_short Peritoneal tuberculosis due to Mycobacterium caprae
title_sort peritoneal tuberculosis due to mycobacterium caprae
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4833828/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27134824
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2016.02.010
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