PMID- 35573566
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220716
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
DP  - 2022 Apr
TI  - Intestinal Perforation as a Paradoxical Reaction to Tuberculosis.
PG  - e24077
LID - 10.7759/cureus.24077 [doi]
LID - e24077
AB  - Paradoxical reactions (PR) to tuberculosis (TB) treatments are characterized by 
      an initial improvement of the clinical symptoms followed by a clinical or 
      radiological deterioration of existing TB lesions or by the development of new 
      lesions. PR in the gastrointestinal system is a rare phenomenon. Moreover, 
      intestinal perforation is an uncommon but potentially fatal complication of 
      intestinal TB. We report the case of a 29-year-old female who presented 
      with fever and abdominal pain that was associated with watery diarrhea. She was 
      diagnosed as a case of intestinal TB. During her stay, she developed intestinal 
      perforation following the initiation of anti-TB treatment. She was eventually 
      managed as a case of intestinal perforation as a PR to TB.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022, Alebaji et al.
FAU - Alebaji, Mohamad B
AU  - Alebaji MB
AD  - Pediatric Medicine, Tawam Hospital, Abu Dhabi, ARE.
FAU - Omara, Abdelrahman I
AU  - Omara AI
AD  - Family Medicine, Ambulatory Health Services, Al Ain, ARE.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20220412
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
EIN - Cureus. 2022 Jun 10;14(6):c65. PMID: 35720787
PMC - PMC9098107
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - arab countries
OT  - intestinal perforation
OT  - paradoxical reaction
OT  - tuberculosis
OT  - uae
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2022/05/17 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/17 06:01
PMCR- 2022/04/12
CRDT- 2022/05/16 04:29
PHST- 2022/04/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/05/16 04:29 [entrez]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2022/04/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.24077 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2022 Apr 12;14(4):e24077. doi: 10.7759/cureus.24077. eCollection 2022 
      Apr.