Journal article
ABDOMINAL MYCOBACTERIAL INFECTION MIMICKING ACUTE APPENDICITIS IN AN AIDS PATIENT
K Visvanathan, PD Jones, P Truskett
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery | BLACKWELL SCIENCE | Published : 1993
Abstract
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. Copyright © 1993, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved