Multidrug-resistant tubercular appendicitis: Report of a case

Authors :: Atousa Doroodinia
Mohammad Reza Masjedi
Mohammadreza Masjedi
Majid Marjani
Afshin Moniri
Parvaneh Baghaei shiva
Payam Tabarsi
Source :: International Journal of Mycobacteriology, Vol 2, Iss 4, Pp 227-229 (2013)
Publisher :: Asian-African Society for Mycobacteriology. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Abstract: Acute tubercular appendicitis has remained a rare disease despite frequent cases of tuberculosis. The following study reports a patient with multidrug-resistant (MDR) pulmonary tuberculosis that developed acute appendicitis. Histopathology of the appendix was compatible with tuberculosis. The patient had a good outcome after surgery and medical therapy.