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DOI :10.5222/j.child.2018.16013   IUP :10.5222/j.child.2018.16013    Full Text (PDF)

A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Özge KabaManolya KaraFulya ÖzdemircioğluZuhal BayramoğluSelda Hançerli TörünZüleyha BingölAyper SomerMetin UysalolZeki Kılıçaslan

Objection: Nonpulmonary tuberculosis, confront us with nonspecific manifestations and sustains its existence and complicates the diagnosis, Herein a case with abdominal tuberculosis presenting with abdominal pain. Case Report: A 17-year-old previously healthy male patient had applied to an external center with abdominal pain and nausea. The patient who referred to our hospital because of the widespread infiltration detected on preoperative chest X-ray, was hospitalized with the initial diagnosis of tuberculosis. Conclusion: Although tuberculosis is an infectious disease that frequently affects lung, it should not be forgotten that extrapulmonary tuberculosis may present as an important clinical problem with nonspecific synptoms.

DOI :10.5222/j.child.2018.16013   IUP :10.5222/j.child.2018.16013    Full Text (PDF)

Akut Karın Ağrısında Sinsi Fakat Tanıdık Bir Bakteri: Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Özge KabaManolya KaraFulya ÖzdemircioğluZuhal BayramoğluSelda Hançerli TörünZüleyha BingölAyper SomerMetin UysalolZeki Kılıçaslan

Amaç: Tüberkülozun akciğer dışı formları, özgün olmayan klinik bulgularla karşımıza çıkarak tanıyı güçleştirmekte ve varlığını sürdürmektedir. Burada, karın ağrısı ile başvuran bir abdominal tüberküloz vakası sunulmuştur. Vaka Sunumu: Öncesinde sağlıklı 17 yaşında erkek hasta, karın ağrısı ve bulantı nedeniyle ile dış merkeze başvurmuş. Tetkik sonuçlarında akut apandisit tanısıyla operasyonu planlanarak akciğer grafisi çekilerek yaygın infiltrasyon görülmesi üzerine tarafımıza refere edilen hasta tüberküloz ön tanısıyla servise yatırıldı ve örnekleme sonrası dörtlü antitüberküloz tedavi başlanarak takibe alındı. Sonuç: Tüberküloz sıklıkla akciğeri tutan bir enfeksiyon hastalığı olmasına karşın, akciğer dışı tüberkülozunun özgül olmayan semptomlarla önemli bir klinik sorun olarak karşımıza gelebileceği unutulmamalıdır. Anahtar kelimeler: Pulmoner tüberküloz, pediatrik, abdominal tüberküloz, karın ağrısı


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Kaba, Ö., Kara, M., Özdemircioğlu, F., Bayramoğlu, Z., Hançerli Törün, S., Bingöl, Z., Somer, A., Uysalol, M., & Kılıçaslan, Z. (2018). A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Child, 18(3), 140-143. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba Ö, Kara M, Özdemircioğlu F, Bayramoğlu Z, Hançerli Törün S, Bingöl Z, Somer A, Uysalol M, Kılıçaslan Z. A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Child. 2018;18(3):140-143. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba, Ö.; Kara, M.; Özdemircioğlu, F.; Bayramoğlu, Z.; Hançerli Törün, S.; Bingöl, Z.; Somer, A.; Uysalol, M.; Kılıçaslan, Z. A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Child, [Publisher Location], v. 18, n. 3, p. 140-143, 2018.


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Kaba, Özge, and Manolya Kara and Fulya Özdemircioğlu and Zuhal Bayramoğlu and Selda Hançerli Törün and Züleyha Bingöl and Ayper Somer and Metin Uysalol and Zeki Kılıçaslan. 2018. “A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis.” Journal of Child 18, no. 3: 140-143. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba, Özge, and Manolya Kara and Fulya Özdemircioğlu and Zuhal Bayramoğlu and Selda Hançerli Törün and Züleyha Bingöl and Ayper Somer and Metin Uysalol and Zeki Kılıçaslan. “A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis.” Journal of Child 18, no. 3 (Jul. 2025): 140-143. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba, Ö & Kara, M & Özdemircioğlu, F & Bayramoğlu, Z & Hançerli Törün, S & Bingöl, Z & Somer, A & Uysalol, M & Kılıçaslan, Z 2018, 'A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis', Journal of Child, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 140-143, viewed 29 Jul. 2025, https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba, Ö. and Kara, M. and Özdemircioğlu, F. and Bayramoğlu, Z. and Hançerli Törün, S. and Bingöl, Z. and Somer, A. and Uysalol, M. and Kılıçaslan, Z. (2018) ‘A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis’, Journal of Child, 18(3), pp. 140-143. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013 (29 Jul. 2025).


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Kaba, Özge, and Manolya Kara and Fulya Özdemircioğlu and Zuhal Bayramoğlu and Selda Hançerli Törün and Züleyha Bingöl and Ayper Somer and Metin Uysalol and Zeki Kılıçaslan. “A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis.” Journal of Child, vol. 18, no. 3, 2018, pp. 140-143. [Database Container], https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba Ö, Kara M, Özdemircioğlu F, Bayramoğlu Z, Hançerli Törün S, Bingöl Z, Somer A, Uysalol M, Kılıçaslan Z. A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Child [Internet]. 29 Jul. 2025 [cited 29 Jul. 2025];18(3):140-143. Available from: https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013 doi: 10.5222/j.child.2018.16013


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Kaba, Özge - Kara, Manolya - Özdemircioğlu, Fulya - Bayramoğlu, Zuhal - Hançerli Törün, Selda - Bingöl, Züleyha - Somer, Ayper - Uysalol, Metin - Kılıçaslan, Zeki. “A Sneaky But Familiar Bacterium in Acute Abdominal Pain: Mycobacterium tuberculosis”. Journal of Child 18/3 (Jul. 2025): 140-143. https://doi.org/10.5222/j.child.2018.16013



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