Tuberculous abdominal abscess in an HIV-infected man: neither infection previously diagnosed
| Autor: | Kao, KY, Hung, TI |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Zdroj: | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine; Vol 11, No 2 (2010); 30-34 |
| ISSN: | 1608-9693 2078-6751 |
| Popis: | A 38-year-old man had a 1-week history of right lower quadrant abdominal pain; the initial impression was that he had diverticulitis of the ascending colon with an intra-abdominal abscess. Signs of peritonitis mandated an immediate right hemicolectomy. The unusual location of the abscess and the patient’s unusual postoperative course suggested that he might also have a systemic disease. Testing for HIV infection was positive. After 2 weeks in hospital, he was treated as an outpatient for both tuberculosis and HIV with a favourable outcome. In Taiwan a pre-operative HIV test is not performed routinely, and the HIV seroprevalence in surgical patient populations is unknown. Surgeons should keep the possibility of HIV infection in mind in a patient with an unusual clinical course. |
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