A 48-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, abnominal pain, and bloody diarrhea

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 334, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 1461-1467

  Ices, D V ^a   Smith, R X ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFOTETAN; CLOTRIMAZOLE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; FOSCARNET; METRONIDAZOLE; NYSTATIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLON BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS;

EID: 0029893148     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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