The diagnostic challenge of abdominal tuberculosis in nonendemic countries: A case series from a tertiary hospital in Germany

Abstract

Abstract Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare clinical condition in nonendemic countries and should be included as differential diagnosis by unspecific abdominal complaints, especially in patients with immigration background from high‐prevalence regions.

Keywords

• abdominal tuberculosis
• ascites
• extrapulmonary tuberculosis
• intestinal tuberculosis
• peritoneal tuberculosis