Acid-fast bacilli positive isolated tubercular splenic abscess in a HIV-negative patient

Indian J Pathol Microbiol. 2008 Jan-Mar;51(1):74-5. doi: 10.4103/0377-4929.40406.

Abstract

Isolated splenic tubercular abscess in a HIV-negative patient is an exceedingly rare clinical condition. It is even more rare to demonstrate acid-fast bacilli positivity on Ziehl-Neelson stains in such cases. We hereby present one such case.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / microbiology*
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
  • Splenic Diseases / microbiology*
  • Tuberculosis / diagnosis*