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Intestinal Tuberculosis and Crohns Disease

Abstract

Daniel Amoh

Intestinal tuberculosis, though uncommon in the US and other western countries is fairly common in other part of the world. In 2013 for instance, the prevalence rate in the US was approximately 6 cases per 1,000,000 persons while in Africa, it was approximately 6 cases per 10,000 persons. It is a condition where Mycobacterium tuberculosis or Mycobacterium bovis cause infection in the intestines creating patches and lesions in the intestinal mucosa.

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