title: [A case of reactivated tuberculous colitis after 9 months of anti-tuberculous therapy].
abstract: Tuberculous colitis, an important extra-pulmonary tuberculosis, is still prevalent in the developing countries and has been resurging in the Western world. The duration and dose of anti-tuberculous therapy have not yet been clarified in the tuberculous colitis. We experienced a case of tuberculous colitis, which relapsed after 9 months of therapy. A 28-year-old man presented with hematochezia and was diagnosed as tuberculous colitis on the basis of colonoscopic findings. He was treated with anti-tuberculous agents for 9 months successfully. Three months later, however, he complained of hematochezia again, suggesting the relapse of tuberculous colitis. He had taken anti-tuberculous therapy for another 15 months and showed no evidence of relapse. Although anti-tuberculous therapy is efficient for tuberculous colitis, rare cases of reactivation should be reminded.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yousunk69@korea.com
authors.forename: You Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Gook
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: Il
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soo Hyung
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Jung Whan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeong Seop
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000188:drug therapy*