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ArticleCase reports in infectious diseases2023

Disseminated Tuberculosis Mimicking as Crohn's Disease in a Paediatric Patient.

Elizabeth Feenstra, Yentl Driesen, Nicolette Moes, Nathalie Jouret, Koen Vanden Driessche

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Article in Case reports in infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elizabeth FeenstraPaediatric Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5342-2222
Yentl DriesenPaediatric Department, Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Stuivenberg/Jan Palfijn, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0846-7076
Nicolette MoesPaediatric Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9567-7839
Nathalie JouretPaediatric Department, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8170-5017
Koen Vanden DriesscheGeneral Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Edegem, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6401-8742
Antwerp University Hospital · BEZiekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen Stuivenberg · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis is an important infectious disease for children worldwide. The clinical presentation of tuberculosis in children is diverse and, depending on the affected organs, it is often accompanied with nonspecific symptoms that can mimic other diseases. In this report, we present a case of disseminated tuberculosis in an 11-year-old boy with intestinal followed by pulmonary involvement. The diagnosis was delayed for several weeks due to the clinical picture which was mimicking Crohn's disease, the known difficulties in diagnostic tests and the improvement on meropenem. This case demonstrates the importance of a detailed microscopic examination of gastrointestinal biopsies and the tuberculostatic effect of meropenem which physicians should be aware of.

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