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MeSH Heading: Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal
Tree Number(s): C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.350; C06.405.874
Unique ID: D014385
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014385
Annotation: coord IM with specific organ or organ /dis (IM)
Scope Note: TUBERCULOSIS that involves any region of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, mostly in the distal ILEUM and the CECUM. In most cases, MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS is the pathogen. Clinical features include ABDOMINAL PAIN; FEVER; and palpable mass in the ileocecal area.
Entry Term(s): Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis
Date Introduced: 1966/01/01
Last Updated: 2021/10/18

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

transmission (TM)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Infections [C01]
- Bacterial Infections and Mycoses [C01.150]
  - Bacterial Infections [C01.150.252]
    - Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections [C01.150.252.410]
      - Actinomycetales Infections [C01.150.252.410.040]
        
        Mycobacterium Infections [C01.150.252.410.040.552]
        
        Tuberculosis [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846]
        
        Tuberculosis, Extrapulmonary [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617]
        
        Peritonitis, Tuberculous [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.100]
        
        Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.150]
        
        Tuberculosis, Central Nervous System [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.200]
        
        Tuberculosis, Cutaneous [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.250]
        
        Tuberculosis, Endocrine [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.300]
        
        Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.350]
        
        Tuberculosis, Hepatic [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.400]
        
        Tuberculosis, Laryngeal [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.450]
        
        Tuberculosis, Lymph Node [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.475]
        
        Tuberculosis, Oral [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.500]
        
        Tuberculosis, Osteoarticular [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.525]
        
        Tuberculosis, Pleural [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.550]
        
        Tuberculosis, Splenic [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.725]
        
        Tuberculosis, Urogenital [C01.150.252.410.040.552.846.617.900]

Digestive System Diseases [C06]
- Gastrointestinal Diseases [C06.405]

Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal Preferred

Tuberculosis, Gastrointestinal MeSH Descriptor Data 2026