Simultaneous intestinal leishmaniasis and mycobacterial involvement in a patient with acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-273

  Velasco, M ^a   Flores, L ^a   Guijarro Rojas, M ^a   Roca, V ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; AIDS; Gastrointestinal involvement; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEISHMANIA; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; DUODENAL DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 0031731713     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199810000-00023     Document Type: Article

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