Toxic megacolon caused by cytomegalovirus colitis in a multiply injured patient

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 644-646

  Machens, A ^a   Bloechle, C ^a   Achilles, E G ^a   Bause, H W ^a   Izbicki, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

EID: 0029871441     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00023     Document Type: Article

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