Year 2025 / Volume 117 / Number 6
Letter
Intestinal tuberculosis as a diagnostic challenge in a high prevalence center

359-360

DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10822/2024

Marta Fernández Carrasco, Alejandro Rodríguez Mateu, Olga Sánchez García,

Abstract
The differential diagnosis between Crohn’s disease (CD) and intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) continues to pose a diagnostic challenge, as clinical presentation can be indistinguishable, as well as findings in imaging studies and endoscopy. It is essential to make a definitive diagnosis early on, screening for possible latent infectious diseases, especially in patients from endemic areas, as inmmunosuppressive treatment can result in a fatal outcome during the course of TBI.
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Received: 25/09/2024

Accepted: 28/09/2024

Online First: 24/10/2024

Published: 10/06/2025

Article Online First time: 29 days

Article editing time: 258 days


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