TY - JOUR
AU1 - Enarson, D. A.
AU2 - Elwood, R. K.
AB - Correspondence 2. Singh MM, Bhargava AN, Jain KP. Tuberculosis peritonitis. References An evaluation of pathogenetic mechanisms, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic measures. N Engl J Med I. Jakubowski A, Elwood RK, Enarson DA. Clinical features 1969;281:1091-1094 of abdominal tuberculosis. J Infect Dis 1988;158:687-692 THE JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES. VOL. 160, NO.2. AUGUST 1989 © 1989 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 0022-1899/89/6002-0028$01.00 The comments of Read et al. [1] regarding diagnosis are very helpful. Our series was dependent on case-record review of pa­ tients in many clinical settings over a large geographic area, only To ThE EDITOR - Thank you for the opportunity of responding a minority of whom were under our direct care. Nonetheless, the to the letter of Read et al. [1]. Their communication is very in­ diagnosis was made as follows: autopsy, 5; laparotomy, 25; other teresting, particularly as it contrasts with our experience. The biopsy, 2; ascites culture positive, 3; ascites culture negative, 1; authors have rightly pointed out that the two settings are not en­ sputum culture, 3; clinical diagnosis with no pathology or bac­ tirely comparable, which may explain some of the differences be­ teriology, 2. Because we did not prospectively evaluate 
TI - Reply
JF - The Journal of Infectious Diseases
DO - 10.1093/infdis/160.2.345
DA - 1989-08-01
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SP - 345
EP - 345
VL - 160
IS - 2
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