[A case of reactivated tuberculous colitis after 9 months of anti-tuberculous therapy].
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.
Kim
You Sun
YS
Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yousunk69@korea.com
Huh
Jin Gook
JG
Kim
Il
I
Ryu
Soo Hyung
SH
Lee
Jung Whan
JW
Moon
Jeong Seop
JS
D000328:Adult; D003092:Colitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000188:drug therapy*