Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8695965 | Repertorio de Medicina y Cirugía | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease with high-prevalence in developing countries as ours. Although pulmonary involvement is most common and is associated with greater impact on public health, there are various forms of extrapulmonary TB (EPTB) exhibiting various often difficult to diagnose clinical presentations, highlighting the importance of suspecting these pathologies in order to conduct timely interventions that impact their morbidity and mortality rates. This article presents four clinical cases at San José Hospital in Bogotá where EPTB disease was suspected (pericardium, peritoneum, pleura and meninges), describing the way EPTB disease was diagnosed or ruled out and briefly defining the diagnostic performance of various tests.
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Authors
Walter Chaves, Jhon F. Buitrago, Alejandro Dueñas, Juan C. Bejarano,