Suspected intestinal tuberculosis might be Crohn's disease
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Chronic Salmonella Infection Induced Intestinal Fibrosis
Published on: September 22, 2019
Semiu Eniola Folaranmi1, Gautam Mehta, Debasis Datta
1Department of Paediatric Surgery, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Abstract:
In this case report we provide evidence that supports a link between mycobacteria and Crohn's disease. The patient in question, KG, presented on three separate occasions over a ten years period with features suggestive of intestinal tuberculosis. He was treated successfully on each occasion with antimycobacterial drugs. When he presented a fourth time with the same symptoms, he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease based on findings from endoscopy, histology and CT. Subsequently he was treated with a course of steroids and made a full recovery. This case adds weight to the theory that mycobateria has an aetiological role in Crohn's disease.
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