TUBERCULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE Introduction

TUBERCULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE Introduction

Infection by M. tuberculosis is common in the tropics. In these days of international travel and increased migration, tuber culosis in general and intestinal tuberculosis in particular are no longer clinical curiosities in non-endemic countries. Any patient, particularly one who has recently arrived from an endemic area and who has fea tures of generalised ill health and altered bowel habit, should arouse suspicion for intestinal tuberculosis. The increased prevalence of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide has also made tuberculosis more common. The infection is transmitted by swallowing of infected sputum in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, by drinking infected unpasteurised milk or by a haematogenous route . TUBERCULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE Introduction

Infection by M. tuberculosis is common in the tropics. In these days of international travel and increased migration, tuber culosis in general and intestinal tuberculosis in particular are no longer clinical curiosities in non-endemic countries. Any patient, particularly one who has recently arrived from an endemic area and who has fea tures of generalised ill health and altered bowel habit, should arouse suspicion for intestinal tuberculosis. The increased prevalence of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide has also made tuberculosis more common. The infection is transmitted by swallowing of infected sputum in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, by drinking infected unpasteurised milk or by a haematogenous route . TUBERCULOSIS OF SMALL INTESTINE Introduction

Infection by M. tuberculosis is common in the tropics. In these days of international travel and increased migration, tuber culosis in general and intestinal tuberculosis in particular are no longer clinical curiosities in non-endemic countries. Any patient, particularly one who has recently arrived from an endemic area and who has fea tures of generalised ill health and altered bowel habit, should arouse suspicion for intestinal tuberculosis. The increased prevalence of human immuno deficiency virus (HIV) infection worldwide has also made tuberculosis more common. The infection is transmitted by swallowing of infected sputum in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis, by drinking infected unpasteurised milk or by a haematogenous route .