10th World Summit on Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Accepted Abstracts

A Case Report of Splenic Tuberculous Abscess

Manoj Kumar Shah* 
NAMS, Nepal

Citation: Shah MK (2020) A Case Report of Splenic Tuberculous Abscess. SciTech Immuno-Microbiology 2020

Received: August 17, 2020         Accepted: August 19, 2020         Published: August 19, 2020

Abstract

Tuberculosis is a common infectious disease in South-Asian region which can involve different organs. Splenic tuberculosis is a rare clinical entity. Here we report a case of tuberculous abscess of spleen in a 72 year old diabetic male. It was disseminated type, it was confirmed by ultrasonography guided aspiration of abscess for gene x-pert test, which was positive. Patient was given antitubercular treatment after the confirmation of the diagnosis and is improving with given treatment.