Disease relevance of Peritonitis, Tuberculous

• Diagnostic value of ascites adenosine deaminase in tuberculous peritonitis [1].
• The ADA activity was significantly (p < 0.0001) higher in the tuberculous peritonitis group (mean: 101.84 U/l) than in the control groups (cirrhosis (mean: 13.49 U/l) and malignancy (mean: 19.35 U/l)) [2].
• A 3-wk-old male, with abdominal distention and severe hypoproteinemia from poor nutrition, underwent a study that showed a persistent diffuse abdominal uptake of Ga-67 citrate, indicating pyogenic or tuberculous peritonitis [3].
• Although tuberculous peritonitis with elevated serum CA 125 levels is an important diagnostic problem because it may lead to misdiagnosis as ovarian carcinoma and unnecessary laparatomies, the levels of CA 125 in patients with tuberculous peritonitis has not been studied in detail [4].
• In addition, we have considered the possible mechanisms of Gallium-67-citrate uptake by inflammatory cells and its probable relationship to the granulomas associated with tuberculous peritonitis [5].

High impact information on Peritonitis, Tuberculous

• Increased CA 125 in tuberculous peritonitis [6].
• Ascitic fluid gamma interferon concentrations and adenosine deaminase activity in tuberculous peritonitis [2].
• Gallium-67 scanning of tuberculous peritonitis [7].
• Gallium-67-citrate scanning in tuberculous peritonitis [5].
• Ascites and highly elevated CA-125 levels in a case of peritoneal tuberculosis [8].

Chemical compound and disease context of Peritonitis, Tuberculous

• In peritoneal tuberculosis, mean ascitic glucose concentration was significantly lower than other patients (P<0.0001) [9].
• METHODS: Ascitic fluid pH, lactate, total proteins, cell count, lactate dehydrogenase, glucose, and their blood-ascitic gradients were determined in 10 patients with tuberculous peritonitis (group I) [10].

Gene context of Peritonitis, Tuberculous

• OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic potential of the ADA(T), ADA isoenzymes (ADA1 and ADA2) and the interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) test in HIV-seropositive patients with tuberculous peritonitis [11].
• There was no significant difference in ADA(T) and ADA2 activities between HIV-seropositive and seronegative patients with tuberculous peritonitis [11].
• Peritoneal tuberculosis with negative polymerase chain reaction results: report of two cases [12].
• Reactivation of systemic lupus erythematosus in a dialysis patient after tuberculous peritonitis [13].
• This study describes a haemodialysis patient who contracted tuberculous peritonitis associated with hypercalcaemia, erythropoietin-resistant anaemia and elevated CA 125, which normalised gradually following antituberculosis treatment [14].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Peritonitis, Tuberculous

• Adenosine deaminase activity in the peritoneal fluid has proved to be a simple and reliable method for early diagnosis of tuberculous peritonitis [15].
• CONCLUSIONS: Tuberculous peritonitis must be considered in a differential diagnosis of patients with elevated serum CA 125 concentration [4].
• Elevated serum CA 125 concentration in patients with tuberculous peritonitis: a case-control study [4].
• Laparotomy in a 62-year-old woman with elevated serum CA 125 antigen levels with the provisional diagnosis of ovarian carcinoma revealed peritoneal tuberculosis [16].
• Three of 92 CAPD patients trained in the Wellington Renal Unit had tuberculous peritonitis, a previously rarely reported complication [17].

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