Ancient foe spectra: Case series of Mycobacterium tuberculosis presentations

Wael Goravey; Gawahir A Ali; Mahir Petkar; Adham Ammar; Mouhammad Sharaf Eldean; Muna A Al Maslamani; Hamad Abdel Hadi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.3616

Ancient foe spectra: Case series of Mycobacterium tuberculosis presentations

Clin Case Rep. 2020 Dec 5;9(2):714-717. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.3616. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Authors

Wael Goravey¹, Gawahir A Ali¹, Mahir Petkar², Adham Ammar², Mouhammad Sharaf Eldean², Muna A Al Maslamani¹, Hamad Abdel Hadi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases Communicable Diseases Centre Doha Qatar.
² Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology Hamad Medical Corporation Doha Qatar.

Abstract

Extrapulmonary tuberculosis frequently eludes assessment through atypical presentations and constitute diagnostic challenges. High degree of suspicion with aids of GeneXpert MTB/RIF can clinch the diagnosis and avoid unnecessary consequences.

Keywords: appendicitis; chest wall abscess; ganglion; polymerase chain reaction; tuberculosis.

Publication types

Case Reports