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Hsin-Yu Chen1, Yao-Shen Chen, Susan Shin-jung Lee
1Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Abstract:
We reported a case of shock, diarrhea and tuberculous enteritis in a previously healthy 32-year-old non-HIV infected man. This case presented initially with acute profuse watery diarrhea. The bacterial and virus cultures were negative. Tuberculous enteritis was diagnosed by detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis on stool culture 52 days after presentation. The symptoms resolved after treatment with intravenous fluids and corticosteroids but was treated with anti- tuberculous medication. Tuberculous enteritis should be included in the differential diagnosis of patients with enteritis and shock.
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