Letter: Rectal Tuberculosis – An Uncommon Cause of Diarrhea

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Gastrointestinal Infections 2024; 14(01): 037-038
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1778679

Letter to the Editor

Authors

Brij Sharma

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Vishal Bodh

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Rajesh Sharma

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Ashish Chauhan

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Anshul Bhateja

¹Department of Gastroenterology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

References
1 World Health Organization. Global tuberculosis report 2019. Accessed December 31, 2023 at: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/329368/9789241565714-eng.pdf?ua=1
2 Sharma V, Debi U, Mandavdhare HS, Prasad KK. Tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections of the abdomen. In: Kuipers EJ. ed. Encyclopedia of Gastroenterology. 2nd ed.. Academic Press; 2020: 646-659
3 Tishler JM. Tuberculosis of the transverse colon. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1979; 133 (02) 229-232
4 Kochhar R, Sood A, Wig JD. et al. Spectrum of isolated colorectal tuberculosis. Indian J Gastroenterol 1989; 8: A56-A57
5 Sharma V. Differentiating intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn disease: Quo Vadis. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020; 14 (08) 647-650