title: Mycobacterium bovis peritonitis mimicking ovarian cancer in a young woman.
abstract: We describe a 27-year-old woman with peritonitis due to Mycobacterium bovis that initially appeared to be ovarian cancer. Clinicians should include this disease in the differential diagnosis of ovarian cancer and should consider laparoscopic diagnosis in the appropriate epidemiologic setting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. stout002@mc.duke.edu
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berchuck
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dukes Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010537:Peritoneum / Q000473:pathology; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology