RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A case of miliary tuberculosis presenting with bowel perforation
JF Emergency Medicine Journal
JO Emerg Med J
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine
SP e62
OP e62
DO 10.1136/emj.2006.040279
VO 23
IS 11
A1 S Muquit
A1 M Shah
A1 K Abayajeewa
YR 2006
UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/23/11/e62.abstract
AB Tuberculosis is a disease that should never be underestimated. It can affect anybody at any age. Doctors in the West do not have much experience of peritonitis secondary to tuberculosis. It is a condition that requires urgent and aggressive management as it can be fatal, even in the young and fit, as this case report illustrates.