Fatal amoebic colitis in a patient with SLE: A case report and review of the literature

Lupus

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 610-612

  Tai, E S ^a,b   Fong, K Y ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amoebic; Colitis; SLE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FATALITY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SALMONELLA; SEROCONVERSION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0030984030     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096120339700600709     Document Type: Article

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