A case of tuberculous peritonitis in childhood

Avcu G., Sensoy G., Karli A., Çaltepe G., Süllü Y., Belet N., ...Daha Fazla

JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.8, sa.4, ss.369-372, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.jiph.2015.03.004
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INFECTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.369-372
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Tuberculous peritonitis, Ascites, Children, Diagnosis, ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS, CHILDREN, FEATURES
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Currently, tuberculosis remains a major public health problem worldwide. Peritoneal tuberculosis occurs in approximately 1% of all of tuberculosis cases and is rarely observed in children. Diagnosis and treatment delays caused by mimicking many other intra-abdominal diseases can lead to increases in morbidity and mortality. Here, we present a case of a four-year-old child with tuberculosis peritonitis who was diagnosed by laparoscopic biopsy and histopathological examination and recovered with antituberculosis therapy. Peritoneal tuberculosis should be considered in younger patients and adults with fever, abdominal pain and weight loss in endemic areas. (C) 2015 King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences. Published by Elsevier Limited. All rights reserved.