Intestinal tuberculosis or Crohn’s disease: a review of the diagnostic models designed to differentiate between these two gastrointestinal diseases

Differentiating Crohn’s disease (CD) from intestinal tuberculosis (ITB) is a diagnostic dilemma, particularly in regions where ITB is prevalent and CD incidence is increasing, because both diseases can present quite similarly, and diagnostic tests to identify Mycobacterium tuberculosis in tissue sam...

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Main Authors: Julajak Limsrivilai, Nonthalee Pausawasdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases 2021-01-01
Series:Intestinal Research
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Online Access:http://www.irjournal.org/upload/pdf/ir-2019-09142.pdf