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Asymptomatic prostatic tuberculous abscess in an immunocompetent 54-year-old man with peritoneal tuberculosis
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A 54-year-old man presented with a 2-month history of weight loss, fever, sweats, swelling and abdominal pain. He had diabetes mellitus, alcoholism with hepatic fibrosis and epilepsy. He came from Cambodia but had no history of tuberculosis (TB) vaccination, TB, or known contact. We found biological inflammatory syndrome (C reactive protein,141 mg/L), lymphopaenia (1.34 G/L, with a total white cell count of 5.35 G/L), interferon-γ release assay was positive …