Tuberculosis gastrointestinal como causa de hemorragia digestiva masiva en un paciente con infección por VIH

Chincha, Omayra; Cáceres, Jaime; Seas, Carlos

doi:10.4067/s0716-10182017000400393

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“…The most common intestinal site is the ileocecal segment, usually presenting with multiple ulcerated lesions that are implicated in approximately 90% of cases. There are several factors that explain the frequent ileal involvement: stasis of gut contents, abundance of lymphoid tissue and close contact of bacilli with the mucosa [4][5][6] .…”

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Severe gastrintestinal bleeding as an unusual presentation of pediatric tuberculosis: a situation for injectable antituberculous drugs use?

Santos

Sztajnbok

Duarte‐Neto

et al. 2020

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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Disseminated tuberculosis is a severe disease with high-mortality that requires early diagnosis and treatment. Intestinal tuberculosis accounts for only 2% of tuberculosis cases worldwide and is extremely rare in children. We report a case of a 4-year-old girl admitted due to disseminated tuberculosis with extensive intestinal involvement characterized by massive intestinal bleeding and hemorrhagic shock. The severity of the intestinal involvement precluded the exclusive use of oral anti-tuberculosis drugs and the patient was successfully treated with a combination of injectable and oral anti-tuberculosis agents. We discuss the importance of a regimen with injectable drugs for treating severe forms of tuberculosis in which the intestinal involvement impaired the use of oral drugs.

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“…Colonoscopy helped to confirm the diagnosis in 77% of patients. The most common findings were ileocecal inflammation, ileocecal ulceration and ileal strictures 5,7 . Gastroduodenal tuberculosis constitutes 1% of all abdominal diseases and may present with gastric or duodenal obstruction mostly due to periduodenal lymphadenopathy.…”

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confidence: 99%