ReviewIndian journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology2015
Childhood abdominal tuberculosis: Disease patterns, diagnosis, and drug resistance.
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- Abdominal tuberculosis in children: a systematic review on current advances.Pediatric surgery international · 2025Pooled it
- Pediatric Abdominal Tuberculosis: A Multicenter Experience from an Endemic Region.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2026Article
- Diagnosis of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PIBD)-Implications for the Asia-Pacific Region: A Position Paper from the Asian Pan-Pacific Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition PIBD Working Group.Pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition · 2026Review
- Imaging recommendations and algorithms for pediatric tuberculosis: part 2-extrathoracic tuberculosis.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Tuberculosis revisted: classic imaging findings in childhood.Pediatric radiology · 2023Review
- Abdominal tuberculosis in children: A real-world experience of 218 cases from an endemic region.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2020Article
- Severe gastrintestinal bleeding as an unusual presentation of pediatric tuberculosis: a situation for injectable antituberculous drugs use?Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo · 2020Article
- Comparing tuberculosis in children aged under 5 versus 5 to 14 years old in a rural hospital in southern Ethiopia: an 18-year retrospective cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2019Article
- The diagnostic challenges in a child with intestinal tuberculosis.Romanian journal of morphology and embryology = Revue roumaine de morphologie et embryologieArticle
- A Critical Appraisal of Clinicopathological, Imaging, and GeneXpert Profiles of Surgical Referrals with Pediatric Abdominal Tuberculosis.Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric SurgeonsArticle
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Abstract
objectiveChildhood abdominal tuberculosis may be difficult to diagnose with certainty. Drug resistance adds to the challenge. We present our experience in children with this condition.
methodsThe case records of all children <18 years of age and diagnosed as abdominal tuberculosis from January 2000 to April 2012 were reviewed. The clinical details; investigative profile (imaging, ascitic fluid analysis, upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, colonoscopy, and laparotomy); histopathology; microbiology; and response to antitubercular therapy was noted.
resultsThirty-eight children (median age 11, range 4-16 years) were diagnosed. Multiple intraabdominal sites were involved in 12 (32 %), peritoneal alone in 9 (24 %); isolated intestinal and isolated lymph nodal in 6 (16 %) each. Three children had atypical presentations with gastric outlet obstruction, acute lower GI bleeding, and duodenal perforation, respectively. Overall, definitive bacteriological diagnosis was possible in 47 % (18/38). In others, diagnosis was supported by histopathology (19 %) or other supportive investigations (34 %) along with a response to treatment without relapse. Drug-resistant disease was diagnosed in three (8 %, two multidrug resistant, one extended drug resistant) all of whom presented with a similar clinical picture of large abdominal lymph node masses.
conclusionAbdominal tuberculosis is still a challenging diagnosis with microbiological confirmation possible only in half of the cases. Atypical presentations and emergence of drug resistance should be kept in mind while managing these patients.
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