Seminar Report From the 2014 Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) Spring Forum (May 24th, 2014): Crohn's Disease Versus Intestinal Tuberculosis Infection

Meng-Tzu Weng; Shu-Chen Wei; Chun-Che Lin; Yuk-Min Tsang; Chia-Tung Shun; Jann-Yuan Wang; Ming-Jium Shieh; Cheng-Yi Wang; Jau-Min Wong

doi:10.5217/ir.2015.13.1.6

Intestinal Research (Jan 2015)

Seminar Report From the 2014 Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) Spring Forum (May 24th, 2014): Crohn's Disease Versus Intestinal Tuberculosis Infection

Meng-Tzu Weng,
Shu-Chen Wei,
Chun-Che Lin,
Yuk-Min Tsang,
Chia-Tung Shun,
Jann-Yuan Wang,
Ming-Jium Shieh,
Cheng-Yi Wang,
Jau-Min Wong

Affiliations

Meng-Tzu Weng: Department of Internal Medicine, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Shu-Chen Wei: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Chun-Che Lin: Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Yuk-Min Tsang: Department of Radiology, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Chia-Tung Shun: Department of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
Jann-Yuan Wang: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Ming-Jium Shieh: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yi Wang: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.
Jau-Min Wong: Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2015.13.1.6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 6 – 10

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Since Taiwan is an endemic area for tuberculosis (TB), differential diagnosis between the intestinal TB and Crohn's disease is an important issue. The steering committee of Taiwan Society of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (TSIBD) has arranged a seminar accordingly on May 24th, 2014 and the different point of views by gastroenterologist, radiologist, pathologist and infectious disease specialist were suggested to help the proper diagnosis and management of these two diseases.

Published in Intestinal Research

ISSN: 1598-9100 (Print); 2288-1956 (Online)
Publisher: Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases
Country of publisher: Korea, Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: http://www.irjournal.org

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