Isolated tuberculous liver abscess in an immunocompetent adult female

CASE REPORT

Year : 2019 \| Volume : 5 \| Issue : 2 \| Page : 173-174

Isolated tuberculous liver abscess in an immunocompetent adult female Swati Salila¹, Rakesh Kumar², Shailesh Kumar³, Namrata Kumari⁴, Anima Xess⁴, Shivendra Kumar Shahi⁵ ¹ Senior Resident, Dept. of Microbiology, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India ² Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India ³ Additional Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India ⁴ Professor, Dept. of Microbiology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India ⁵ Professor and Head, Dept. of Microbiology, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India Correspondence Address: Anima Xess Professor, Dept. Of Microbiology IGIMS India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

Tuberculosis ( TB ) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Extra-pulmonary tuberculosis is commonly associated with immune-compromised patient and is difficult to diagnose. Tuberculous liver abscess is rare even in endemic areas of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. An isolated tuberculosis is extremely rare and accounts for 0.3% of new TB cases. Here we report a rare case of isolated tuberculous abscess of liver in a young adult in an immune-competent female of 26 years.



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