Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn’s disease (CD) remains a challenge for gastroenterologists. In Asia, where the prevalence of tuberculosis is relatively high and the incidence of CD is rapidly increasing, this issue is crucial. Here we report a case that was initially...
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| author | Seung Wook Hong Sang Hyoung Park Byong Duk Ye Suk-Kyun Yang |
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| description | Differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn’s disease (CD) remains a challenge for gastroenterologists. In Asia, where the prevalence of tuberculosis is relatively high and the incidence of CD is rapidly increasing, this issue is crucial. Here we report a case that was initially misdiagnosed as CD, subsequently showed no response to empirical first-line anti-tuberculosis medication, and was finally diagnosed with multidrug-resistant ITB. This case reminds physicians that multidrug-resistant ITB may complicate distinguishing between ITB and CD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0399aef881ef4c459e1b873490132eb22025-08-20T01:56:28ZengEwha Womans University College of MedicineThe Ewha Medical Journal2234-31802234-25912021-07-01443939610.12771/emj.2021.44.3.93emj-44-3-93Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosisSeung Wook HongSang Hyoung ParkByong Duk YeSuk-Kyun YangDifferentiating between intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) and Crohn’s disease (CD) remains a challenge for gastroenterologists. In Asia, where the prevalence of tuberculosis is relatively high and the incidence of CD is rapidly increasing, this issue is crucial. Here we report a case that was initially misdiagnosed as CD, subsequently showed no response to empirical first-line anti-tuberculosis medication, and was finally diagnosed with multidrug-resistant ITB. This case reminds physicians that multidrug-resistant ITB may complicate distinguishing between ITB and CD.http://www.e-emj.org/archive/view_article?pid=emj-44-3-93crohn’s diseasegastrointestinal tuberculosismultidrug-resistant tuberculosis |
| spellingShingle | Seung Wook Hong Sang Hyoung Park Byong Duk Ye Suk-Kyun Yang Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis The Ewha Medical Journal crohn’s disease gastrointestinal tuberculosis multidrug-resistant tuberculosis |
| title | Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_full | Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_fullStr | Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_short | Differentiating between Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohn’s Disease May Be Complicated by Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| title_sort | differentiating between intestinal tuberculosis and crohn s disease may be complicated by multidrug resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| topic | crohn’s disease gastrointestinal tuberculosis multidrug-resistant tuberculosis |
| url | http://www.e-emj.org/archive/view_article?pid=emj-44-3-93 |
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