title: Mycobacterium Bovis Abdominal Tuberculosis in a Young Child.
abstract: Abdominal tuberculosis can mimic many processes resulting in delayed diagnosis and unnecessary surgery. We describe a child of Moroccan parents with an abdominal mass caused by Mycobacterium bovis. The case stresses the need for increased awareness of M. bovis tuberculosis (TB) in general and extrapulmonary TB in the setting of foreign-born individuals who travel periodically to TB-endemic regions.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatric Surgery, and †Department of Pediatrics, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pemartín
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Portolés Morales
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elena Carazo
authors.forename: Alfredo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marco Macián
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isabel Piqueras
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008640:Mesenteric Lymphadenitis; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous