title: Intestinal tuberculosis in patients with fever of unknown origin in Egypt.
abstract: Nineteen patients with intestinal tuberculosis were admitted to the Abbassia Fever Hospital in the period 1991-1997. Fever, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and weight loss were the most common symptoms. Small bowel radiology and colonoscopy were helpful in establishing the diagnosis. The difficulties in diagnosing tuberculous enteritis and the need to consider seriously the possibility of this disease in such patients is most important and is discussed.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit No.3, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kamal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Karam
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mousa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sultan
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Antosek
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000382:microbiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001466:Barium Sulfate; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003287:Contrast Media; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010343:Patient Admission / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014374:Tuberculin Test; D014385:Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D003287:Contrast Media; D001466:Barium Sulfate