Clinical, Endoscopic, and Histological Differentiations Between Crohn's Disease and Intestinal Tuberculosis

2010248 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Govind Makharia · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Siddharth Srivastava · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Prasenjit Das · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Pooja Goswami · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Urvashi B. Singh · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Manasee Tripathi · All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Vaishali Deo

Abstract

Blood in stool, weight loss, focally enhanced colitis, and involvement of the sigmoid colon were the most important features in differentiating CD from intestinal tuberculosis.

Topics & Keywords

Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Reduced inequalities

Publication Details

Published in: The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volume 105, Issue 3, pp. 642-651

DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.585

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