1. Multidrug-resistant tubercular appendicitis: Report of a case
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Atousa Doroodinia, Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Mohammadreza Masjedi, Majid Marjani, Afshin Moniri, Parvaneh Baghaei shiva, and Payam Tabarsi
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Microbiology (medical) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Tuberculosis ,business.industry ,lcsh:QR1-502 ,medicine.disease ,Appendicitis ,Appendix ,lcsh:Microbiology ,Surgery ,Multiple drug resistance ,Infectious Diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Pulmonary tuberculosis ,Internal medicine ,Acute appendicitis ,medicine ,Histopathology ,business ,MDR TB ,Rare disease - 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.
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