Albendazole-induced pseudomembranous colitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1453-1454

  Shah, Vijay ^a,c   Marino, Chris ^a,b   Altice, Frederick L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Division of Digestive Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FEVER; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS;

EID: 0030055220     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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