Setting: Tygerberg Hospital, an academic hospital in the Western Cape, South Africa. Objective: To determine the diagnostic utility of ascitic fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) in the diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis. ...
Rabie H.; Lomp A.; Goussard P.; Nel E.; Cotton M.(2010)
We present a case of tuberculosis (TB) paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) complicated by chylous ascites and chylothorax in a HIV-infected child. There are few descriptions of TB IRIS in children. ...