Tuberculous liver abscess in an immigrant patient with pulmonary tuberculosis |
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Authors: | Bernabeu Mora R Paredes Reyes P Latour Pérez J Méndez Martínez P Lorenzo Cruz M Sánchez Gascón F |
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Affiliation: | Servicios de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. |
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Abstract: | Liver abscess due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis associated with pulmonary tuberculosis is a rare diagnosis, particularly in patients without AIDS. We report the case of a male immigrant with no HIV infection who developed a tuberculous liver abscess and pulmonary tuberculosis simultaneously. Ziehl-Neelsen stain, PCR and L?wenstein-Jensen culture of material sampled from the abscess established the microbiological diagnosis. The patient's course was good, with disappearance of symptoms and the abscess after tuberculostatic treatment and drainage of the abscess with monitoring by computed tomography. |
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