Amebiasis in Japanese homosexual men with human immunodeficiency virus Infection

Internal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 671-675

  Mitarai, Satoshi ^a   Nagai, Hideaki ^a   Satoh, Kohji ^a   Hebisawa, Akira ^a   Shishido, Harumi ^a  

^a TOKYO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Entamoeba histolytica; Invasive colitis; Liver abscess

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; JAPAN; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE;

EID: 0034859248     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.40.671     Document Type: Article

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