[Tuberculous liver abscess in an immigrant patient with pulmonary tuberculosis].
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 Löwenstein-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.
Bernabeu Mora
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Servicios de Neumología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
Paredes Reyes
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Latour Pérez
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Méndez Martínez
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Lorenzo Cruz
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Sánchez Gascón
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D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004322:Drainage; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008100:Liver Abscess / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents