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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1130-0108</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Española de Enfermedades Digestivas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. esp. enferm. dig.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1130-0108</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Española de Patología Digestiva]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1130-01082018001000008</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17235/reed.2018.5184/2017</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tuberculosis intestinal: importancia y dificultad del diagnóstico diferencial con enfermedad de Crohn]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Intestinal tuberculosis and Crohn's disease: the importance and difficulty of a differential diagnosis]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Merino-Gallego]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esther]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Gallardo-Sánchez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Gallego-Rojo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Francisco-Javier]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital de Poniente Servicio de Aparato Digestivo (UGC Digestivo) ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[El Ejido, Almería ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>10</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>110</volume>
<numero>10</numero>
<fpage>650</fpage>
<lpage>657</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1130-01082018001000008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1130-01082018001000008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1130-01082018001000008&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La tuberculosis (TBC) es la infección más prevalente del mundo y afecta a un tercio de la población mundial, predominantemente a países subdesarrollados, representando la TBC intestinal la sexta causa en frecuencia de afectación tuberculosa extrapulmonar. La enfermedad de Crohn (EC) es una enfermedad inflamatoria crónica intestinal que surge de la interacción de factores inmunológicos, ambientales y genéticos. El diagnóstico diferencial entre TBC intestinal y EC puede resultar un reto, sobre todo en pacientes inmunodeprimidos y en aquellos procedentes de áreas endémicas de TBC, debido a los cambios en la epidemiología de ambas patologías. Además, tanto la TBC intestinal como la EC tienen predilección por la región ileocecal y suelen presentar hallazgos clínicos, radiológicos y endoscópicos muy similares. El diagnóstico y tratamiento incorrectos podrían conllevar una elevada morbimortalidad, por lo que es necesario un alto índice de sospecha así como conocer algunas características que nos ayuden a diferenciar ambas enfermedades.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT Tuberculosis (TB) is the most prevalent infection worldwide and affects one third of the population, predominantly in developing countries. Intestinal TB (ITB) is the sixth most frequent extra-pulmonary TB infection. Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that arises from the interaction of immunological, environmental and genetic factors. Due to changes in the epidemiology of both diseases, distinguishing CD from ITB is a challenge, particularly in immunocompromised patients and those from areas where TB is endemic. Furthermore, both TB and CD have a predilection for the ileocecal area. In addition, they share very similar clinical, radiological and endoscopic findings. An incorrect diagnosis and treatment may increase morbidity and mortality. Thus, a great degree of caution is required as well as a familiarity with certain characteristics of the diseases, which will aid the differentiation between the two diseases.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tuberculosis intestinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Enfermedad de Crohn]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Diagnóstico diferencial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Intestinal tuberculosis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Crohn's disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Differential diagnosis]]></kwd>
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