 Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal
"Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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TUBERCULOSIS that involves any region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, mostly in the distal ILEUM and the CECUM. In most cases, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS is the pathogen. Clinical features include ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and palpable mass in the ileocecal area.
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D014385
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.410.040.552.846.628 C06.405.874
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal" by people in Profiles.
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Myers AL, Colombo J, Jackson MA, Harrison CJ, Roberts CR. Tuberculous colitis mimicking Crohn disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007 Nov; 45(5):607-10.
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