Tuberculous peritonitis in an Internal Medicine ward

Authors

  • Paula Baptista Assistente de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital Distrital de Santo Tirso, Santo Tirso
  • Mário Coelho Assistente Graduado de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Medicina Interna do Hospital Distrital de Santo Tirso

Keywords:

tuberculous peritonitis, extrapul­monary tuberculosis, deaminase-adenosine

Abstract

The authors reviewed the four tuberculous pe­ ritonitis cases admitted to the District Hospital of Santo Tirso medical ward, from 1994 to 1995. They studied the patients distribution by age and sex, their previous contacts with tuberculo­sis, the coexistent diseases, the most relevant cli­nical data, the complementary test, the treatment and global results.

They discussed the present relevance of extra­ pulmonary tuberculosis, the reasons for their high prevalence and the procedures to improve diagnosis.

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1997-03-31

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Baptista P, Coelho M. Tuberculous peritonitis in an Internal Medicine ward. RPMI [Internet]. 1997 Mar. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];4(1):17-20. Available from: https://revista.spmi.pt/index.php/rpmi/article/view/2181

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