Tuberculous abdominal abscess in an HIV-infected man: Neither infection previously diagnosed
| Autor: | Tsung-I Hung, Kuo-Yao Kao |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Abdominal pain
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Population Abdominal Abscess Peritonitis lcsh:RA1-1270 Diverticulitis medicine.disease Surgery Infectious Diseases Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Ascending colon medicine.symptom Abscess education business |
| Zdroj: | Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 11, Iss 2 (2010) |
| ISSN: | 2078-6751 1608-9693 |
| 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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