Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection as a cause of pseudo- whipple's disease and sclerosing cholangitis

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 742-743

  Albrecht, Helmut ^a   Rüsch Gerdes, Sabine ^b   Stellbrink, Hans Jürgen ^b   Greten, Heiner ^b   Jäckle, Stefan ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; ETHAMBUTOL; RIFABUTIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTESTINE LIPODYSTROPHY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM GENAVENSE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCLEROSING CHOLANGITIS; SEIZURE;

EID: 0030819530     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/516941     Document Type: Article

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