EXTRAORDINARY LOCALIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION

Authors
PETERS FPJ ERDKAMP FLG
Citation
Fpj. Peters et Flg. Erdkamp, EXTRAORDINARY LOCALIZATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-TUBERCULOSIS INFECTION, Infection, 24(4), 1996, pp. 336-336
Citations number
3
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008126
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
336 - 336
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(1996)24:4<336:ELOMI>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Abscess of the spleen is not a frequent entity, In 0.7% of these patie nts the pathogen responsible is Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We describ e a patient with this unusual presentation of tuberculosis located in and around the spleen.