Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-WULFF, Erika; O'NEILL, Gloria; SOWLEY, Taysser  and  JIMENEZ, Gabriela. Colonic tuberculosis: Report of a case. Gen [online]. 2013, vol.67, n.4, pp.228-232. ISSN 0016-3503.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by an acid-alcohol resistant bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MT). It is estimated that currently one third of the world population is infected with this bacillus, however, not all individuals infected develop the clinical disease, presenting this when the immune system is compromised. This disease may involve different organ systems with mainly pulmonary condition and intestinal TB accounts for 3 to 5% of all extrapulmonary manifestations.^2,3,4 The diagnosis of TB in colon requires a high index of suspicion for being the colon a site that has little affection and because the symptoms are not specific.^5,6 We report a case of a patient admitted for pulmonary TB who had positive occult blood test, they request evaluation to Gastroenterology performing a colonoscopy with biopsy that report colon TB.

Keywords : Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Tuberculosis; Gastrointestinal; Colon.

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