The peritoneum is one of the most common extrapulmonary sites of tuberculous infection.
Peritoneal tuberculosis remains a significant problem in parts of the world where …

Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of available rapid diagnostic tests to identify
tuberculosis (TB) infection. Data sources Electronic databases were searched from 1975 to …

Abstract The American Thoracic Society, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
Infectious Diseases Society of America jointly sponsored the development of this guideline …

AIM: To analyze the experience within our hospital and to review the literature so as to
establish the best means of diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis. METHODS: The records of …

We identified 60 cases of tuberculous peritonitis during the past 12 years at our health care
center. Most of the patients had severe underlying medical conditions, such as cirrhosis …

BACKGROUND: With the introduction of effective antituberculous chemotherapy, the clinical
outcome of tuberculous peritonitis depends much on the diagnostic accuracy of this disease …

OBJECTIVE.: To evaluate the clinical, laboratory and diagnostic features in women with
peritoneal tuberculosis that resembled advanced ovarian malignancy. METHODS.: A …

The peritoneum is one of the locations outside the most common pulmonary tuberculosis.
Peritoneal tuberculosis poses a public health problem in endemic regions of the world. The …

Abdominal tuberculosis (TB), most common in the developing world (1–3), is not entirely
uncommon in the United States and Europe. Patients with AIDS, immigrants from areas …

Peritoneal tuberculosis (PTB), although rarer than its pulmonary counterpart, is a serious
health concern in regions of the world with high tuberculosis prevalence. Individuals with …