Primary gastric tuberculosis – report of 5 cases

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Gastric tuberculosis is rare, and usually associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or an immunodeficient state. Here, we report five cases of gastric tuberculosis in immunocompetent patients without evidence of pulmonary involvement.&l...

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Main Authors: Patel Nikhil D, Amarapurkar Deepak N, Amarapurkar Anjali D
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2003-04-01
Series:BMC Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/3/6