Asymptomatic prostatic tuberculous abscess in an immunocompetent 54-year-old man with peritoneal tuberculosis

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Sep 3:2015:bcr2015212342. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-212342.

Authors

Z Cavalli¹, F Ader², C Chidiac², T Ferry²; Lyon TB Study group

Affiliations

¹ Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
² Service de Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Lyon, France Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie (CIRI), Inserm U1111, CNRS UMR5308, ENS de Lyon, UCBL1, Lyon, France.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnosis*
Humans
Immunocompetence*
Male
Middle Aged
Mycobacterium tuberculosis / isolation & purification
Peritonitis, Tuberculous / complications
Prostatic Diseases / diagnosis*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tuberculosis / diagnosis*