Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo

Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo

Tuberculosis rates in Chile are higher than expected during the last years. This is directly related to the increase of immunodeficiency associated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is the sixth in frequency of extra pulmonary localizations. We report an...

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Autores principales: Bresky R,Gustavo, Silva Z,Nelly, Madariaga G,Juan
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2007
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Esophagoscopy HIV Tuberculosis esophageal
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spelling oai:scielo:S0034-988720070010000142007-12-20Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivoBresky R,GustavoSilva Z,NellyMadariaga G,Juan Esophagoscopy HIV Tuberculosis esophageal Tuberculosis rates in Chile are higher than expected during the last years. This is directly related to the increase of immunodeficiency associated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is the sixth in frequency of extra pulmonary localizations. We report an HIV(+) 55 year-old male, that presented with fever and epigastric pain. In an upper GI endoscopy small elevated lesions were described in the esophagus. Pathological study was suggestive of tuberculous infection. The definitive diagnosis of esophageal tuberculosis was obtained by a PCR test of the biopsy sample. Antituberculous therapy was started and one year later there was a regression but not disappearance of esophageal lesions and granulomas in the pathological studyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.135 n.10 20072007-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872007001000014es10.4067/S0034-98872007001000014
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Esophagoscopy HIV Tuberculosis esophageal
spellingShingle Esophagoscopy HIV Tuberculosis esophageal
Bresky R,Gustavo
Silva Z,Nelly
Madariaga G,Juan
Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo
description Tuberculosis rates in Chile are higher than expected during the last years. This is directly related to the increase of immunodeficiency associated to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Gastrointestinal tuberculosis is the sixth in frequency of extra pulmonary localizations. We report an HIV(+) 55 year-old male, that presented with fever and epigastric pain. In an upper GI endoscopy small elevated lesions were described in the esophagus. Pathological study was suggestive of tuberculous infection. The definitive diagnosis of esophageal tuberculosis was obtained by a PCR test of the biopsy sample. Antituberculous therapy was started and one year later there was a regression but not disappearance of esophageal lesions and granulomas in the pathological study
author Bresky R,Gustavo
Silva Z,Nelly
Madariaga G,Juan
author_facet Bresky R,Gustavo
Silva Z,Nelly
Madariaga G,Juan
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title Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo
title_short Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo
title_full Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo
title_fullStr Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo
title_full_unstemmed Esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente HIV positivo
title_sort esofagitis tuberculosa en un paciente hiv positivo
publisher Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate 2007
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