69-year-old man with fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1201-1204

  Morris, Chester N ^a   Berbari, Eue F ^a   Steckelberg, James M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; DILOXANIDE; DILOXANIDE FUROATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031742912     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/73.12.1201     Document Type: Article

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