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ABDOMINAL MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION MIMICKING ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN AN AIDS PATIENT
Author(s) -
Visvanathan K.,
Jones P. D.,
Truskett P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00452.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , appendicitis , acute abdomen , abdominal pain , abdomen , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , acute appendicitis , acute abdominal pain , population , intensive care medicine , immunology , surgery , environmental health
A case of abdominal mycobacterial infection mimicking acute appendicitis in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patient is reported. The case illustrates the unusual aetiology of an acute abdomen in this population and the report reviews the aetiology of surgical abdominal pain in HIV infection and discusses the management of abdominal mycobacterial infections.