CASE REPORT: Colonic perforation in unsuspected amebic colitis

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1836-1841

  Abbas, Maher A ^a   Mulligan, David C ^a   Ramzan, Nizar N ^a   Blair, Janis E ^a   Smilack, Jerry D ^a   Shapiro, Michael S ^a   Lidner, Thomas K ^a   Olden, Kevin W ^a  

^a Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebic colitis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Intestinal perforation

Indexed keywords

CEFOTETAN; MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0033790711     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005561607130     Document Type: Article

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