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

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[Severe ileocolitis refractory to standard medical treatment. A diagnostic dilemma]. / Hennigs, Annette; Schmiedel, Stefan; Lohse, Ansgar W.; Burchard, Gerd-Dieter.

In: INTERNIST, Vol. 49, No. 9, 9, 2008, p. 1115-1119.

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title = "[Severe ileocolitis refractory to standard medical treatment. A diagnostic dilemma]",
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.",
author = "Annette Hennigs and Stefan Schmiedel and Lohse, {Ansgar W.} and Gerd-Dieter Burchard",
year = "2008",
language = "Deutsch",
volume = "49",
pages = "1115--1119",
journal = "INTERNIST",
issn = "0020-9554",
publisher = "Springer",
number = "9",

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T1 - [Severe ileocolitis refractory to standard medical treatment. A diagnostic dilemma]

AU - Hennigs, Annette

AU - Schmiedel, Stefan

AU - Lohse, Ansgar W.

AU - Burchard, Gerd-Dieter

PY - 2008

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N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz

VL - 49

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JO - INTERNIST

JF - INTERNIST

SN - 0020-9554

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