Histoplasmosis of the small bowel in patients with AIDS

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 896, 2000, Pages 367-369

  Gumbs, Milton A ^a   Girishkumar, Hanasoge ^a   Yousuf, Arshad ^a   Levy, Leo ^a   Patel, Mayank ^a   Narasimha, Vijay ^a  

^a BRONX LEBANON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Histoplasmosis; Jejunal perforation

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JEJUNAL DISEASES; MALE;

EID: 0034079011     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.76.896.367     Document Type: Article

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