Tuberculous Liver Abscess with Right Sided Pleural Effusion.
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2015-04
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Abstract
Tuberculosis is a rare cause of liver abscess even in countries where the tuberculosis is prevalent, liver may be involved as a
part of miliary tuberculosis or as local tuberculosis. We present a case of tuberculous liver abscess in patient with smear
positive pulmonary tuberculosis and right pleural effusion. A positive BACTEC culture and Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
for Acid Fast Bacilli (AFB) in the pus aspirated from abscess confirmed the diagnosis of tuberculous liver abscess.
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Liver Abscess, Pleural Effusion, Tuberculosis
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Yadav Prashant, Punera Dinesh Chandra, Nautiyal Ramgopal, Kumar Anand. Tuberculous Liver Abscess with Right Sided Pleural Effusion.Indian Journal of Case Reports. 2015 Apr-June; 1(2): 35-37.