Comparative value of colonic biopsy and intraluminal fluid culture for diagnosis of bacterial acute colitis in immunocompetent patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 356-360

  Barbut, Frédéric ^a,b,c,d   Beaugerie, Laurent ^a,b,c,d   Delas, Nicolas ^a,b,c,d   Fossati Marchal, Sophie ^a,b,c,d   Aygalenq, Pierre ^a,b,c,d   Petit, Jean Claude ^a,b,c,d  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Montreuil   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy Montfermeil   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE FLUID; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0032776808     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520215     Document Type: Article

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