Acute GVHD involving the gastrointestinal tract and infestation with Blastocystis hominis in a patient with chronic myeloid leukaemia following allogeneic bone marrow transplantation

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1115-1117

  Ghosh, K ^a   Ayyaril, M ^a   Nirmala, V ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute GVHD; Blastocystis hominis; Immunosuppression; Pathogenic role

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER DISEASE; NEUTROPHIL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM MUCOSA; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0031730713     PISSN: 02683369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701488     Document Type: Article

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