Granulomatous hepatitis from disseminated Mycobacterium bovis infection: shift of an intended local towards a detrimental systemic infection

Trop Gastroenterol. 2011 Apr-Jun;32(2):157-8.

Authors

Tarun Rustagi¹, Mridula Rai, Todd J Alekshun

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, CT 06032, USA. trustagi@resident.uchc.edu

PMID: 21922888

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Antitubercular Agents / therapeutic use
BCG Vaccine / adverse effects*
BCG Vaccine / therapeutic use
Biopsy
Granuloma / diagnosis
Granuloma / drug therapy
Granuloma / microbiology*
Hepatitis / diagnosis
Hepatitis / drug therapy
Hepatitis / microbiology*
Humans
Male
Mycobacterium Infections / complications*
Mycobacterium Infections / diagnosis
Mycobacterium Infections / drug therapy
Mycobacterium bovis*
Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / drug therapy

Substances

Antitubercular Agents
BCG Vaccine