{"title":"Disseminated Tuberculosis In A Immunocompetent Patient Involving Lungs, Intestines, Brain, Bone And Soft Tissue","authors":"N. Gupta, P. Garg, N. Hadke","doi":"10.5580/1f5b","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Tuberculosis is extremely common in Indian subcontinent. It may involve virtually any system of the body. We are presenting a case of 21 years old immunocompetent female who presented to us with features of abdominal kochs. Subsequent investigations revealed tubercular involvement of lungs, intestines, brain, bone and soft tissue. Patient responded very well to antitubercular therapy.","PeriodicalId":331725,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Tropical Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet Journal of Tropical Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/1f5b","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Tuberculosis is extremely common in Indian subcontinent. It may involve virtually any system of the body. We are presenting a case of 21 years old immunocompetent female who presented to us with features of abdominal kochs. Subsequent investigations revealed tubercular involvement of lungs, intestines, brain, bone and soft tissue. Patient responded very well to antitubercular therapy.