Tuberculous peritonitis in an adolescent male.
Tuberculosis (TB) is a less common disease in adolescents than in any other age group. However, when it occurs it is extrapulmonary 10% of the time. We report a case of TB peritonitis in an adolescent patient who presented without a history of prior TB or TB exposure. Tuberculosis must be included in the differential diagnosis of any occult febrile illness, even in the absence of pulmonary disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000382:microbiology; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014374:Tuberculin Test
D000995:Antitubercular Agents