Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18587544›Full record

ArticleDer Internist2008

[Severe ileocolitis refractory to standard medical treatment. A diagnostic dilemma].

A Hofer, S Schmiedel, A W Lohse, G D Burchard

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Article in Der Internist, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

A HoferMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik I, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, Hamburg, Germany.
S Schmiedel
A W Lohse
G D Burchard
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf · DEKlinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The differential diagnosis of granulomatous intestinal diseases leads to recurrent false diagnoses. Our patient who was presenting with gastrointestinal complaints was first diagnosed as having Crohn's disease. Put on an immunosuppressive treatment, the symptoms deteriorated. Examination of sputum revealed acid-fast bacilli, later confirmed as M. tuberculosis in culture, and colonoscopy showed necrotizing granulomas, which lead us to the final diagnosis of abdominal tuberculosis. Our patient improved under an adequate tuberculostatic regime.

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AdultAntitubercular AgentsCrohn DiseaseDiagnosis, DifferentialDrug ResistanceHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsMaleRecurrenceTreatment OutcomeTuberculosisAntitubercular AgentsImmunosuppressive Agents

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PMID18587544
OpenAlexW155050883

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