Reappraisal of the Role of Ascitic Fluid Adenosine Deaminase for the Diagnosis of Peritoneal Tuberculosis in Cirrhosis

Reappraisal of the Role of Ascitic Fluid Adenosine Deaminase for the Diagnosis of Peritoneal Tuberculosis in Cirrhosis

Background/Aims: Although peritoneal tuberculosis (TB) is one of the important differential diagnoses among cirrhotic patients with ascites, a peritoneal biopsy is not always available. High ascitic fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA) has been indicative of peritoneal TB. On the other hand, studies to...

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Main Authors: Amol Sonyabapu Dahale, Amarender Singh Puri, Sanjeev Sachdeva, Anil K Agarwal, Ajay Kumar, Ashok Dalal, Pritul D Saxena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Jin Publishing & Printing Co. 2021-09-01
Series:The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology
Subjects:
tuberculosis
liver cirrhosis
peritonitis
adenosine deaminase
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