title: Tuberculosis peritonitis with features of acute abdomen in HIV infection.
abstract: This case report introduces a 26-year-old male IV drug abuser with fever, abdominal pain and distension referred to the emergency ward. According to these findings, abdominal tenderness and involuntary guarding, an explorative laparotomy was performed. Multiple biopsies of omentum, peritoneum and liver were taken. Pathologic assessment of multiple biopsies confirmed intra-abdominal TB infection.
authors.affiliation: Kordestan University of Medical Sciences, Kordestan, Iran.
authors.forename: Keivan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sabooni
authors.affiliation: Students' Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Khosravi
authors.affiliation: Students' Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hossein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pirmohammad
authors.affiliation: Kordestan University of Medical Sciences, Kordestan, Iran.
authors.forename: Shahla
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Afrasiabian
authors.affiliation: Kordestan University of Medical Sciences, Kordestan, Iran.
authors.forename: Niloofar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Moghbel
authors.affiliation: Students' Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: shahverdi_ehsan@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shahverdi
authors.affiliation: Students' Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Amin
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Konjedi
authors.affiliation: Students' Research Committee, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Ashkan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahverdi
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D014395:Peritonitis, Tuberculous / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000995:Antitubercular Agents
keywords: Acute abdomen; HIV infection; TB; Tuberculosis peritonitis