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Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Endoscopic Findings and Diagnosis of Intestinal Tuberculosis

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The diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis (TB) must consider the clinical, laboratory, endoscopic, and histological features, and should be categorized as a definitive or probable diagnosis. Definitive intestinal TB can be diagnosed based on the presence of acid-fast bacilli, caseating granulomas, or M. tuberculosis in culture. A diagnosis of probable intestinal TB is justified in a patient with appropriate clinical, endoscopic, or histologic findings and response to anti-TB treatment (Marshall, Am J Gastroenterol 88(7):989–999, 1993).

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Pyo, J.H., Kim, Y.S., Park, Y.S., Kim, YH. (2018). Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Endoscopic Findings and Diagnosis of Intestinal Tuberculosis. In: Hibi, T., Hisamatsu, T., Kobayashi, T. (eds) Advances in Endoscopy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-56018-0_10

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