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| Title: [Intestinal tuberculosis presenting as Crohn's disease] | ||||
| Title Abreviation: Harefuah | Date of Pub: 1992 Nov 1 | |||
| Author: Suissa A; Militiano D; Kerner V; Rubin A; Eidelman S; | ||||
| Issue/Part/Supplement: 9 | Volume Issue: 123 | Pagination: 322-3, 372 | ||
| MESH Headings: Adult; Antitubercular Agents (AD/TU); Case Report; Crohn Disease (*DI); Diagnosis, Differential; English Abstract; Female; Human; Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal (*DI/DT); Tuberculosis, Pulmonary (CO/DI/DT); -RN-; | ||||
| Journal Title Code: FZF | Publication Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE | |||
| Date of Entry: 930204N | Entry Month: 9304 | |||
| Country: ISRAEL | Index Priority: 3 | |||
| Language: Heb | Unique Identifier: 93114673 | |||
| Unique Identifier: 93114673 | ISSN: 0017-7768 | |||
| Abstract: A 24-year-old woman who had immigrated from India 3 years before was referred because of diarrhea, abdominal pain and weight loss. Crohn's disease was suspected, but investigation revealed active pulmonary tuberculosis and tuberculosis of the small and large intestine. She was treated with rifampicin, 600 mg/day, INH 300 mg/day, and ethambutol, 400 mg/day, and recovered fully within 6 months. | ||||
| Abstract By: Author | ||||
| Address: Gastroenterology, Dept, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa. | ||||