MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS ABDOMINAL TUBERCULOSIS IN A YOUNG CHILD

Autores de IIS La Fe

• Beatriz Pemartin Comella

  Autor

• Maria Elena Carazo Palacios

  Autor

• Alfredo Marco Macián

  Autor

• Ana Isabel Piqueras Arenas

  Autor

Participantes ajenos a IIS La Fe

• Portolés Morales M

Grupos

• Infección Grave

• Investigación Clínica y Traslacional en Cáncer

Abstract

Abdominal tuberculosis can mimic many processes resulting in delayed diagnosis and unnecessary surgery. We describe a child of Moroccan parents with an abdominal mass caused by Mycobacterium bovis. The case stresses the need for increased awareness of M. bovis tuberculosis (TB) in general and extrapulmonary TB in the setting of foreign-born individuals who travel periodically to TB-endemic regions.

Keywords

• Abdominal tuberculosis; abdominal mass; Mycobacterium bovis