Endemic invasive amoebiasis in northern Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 177, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 570-

  McCarthy, James S ^a   Peacock, David ^b   Trown, Kevin P ^c   Bade, Patrick ^d   Petri Jr , William A ^e   Currie, Bart J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Ctr Dis Cont Terr Hlth Services   (Australia)

^c WESTERN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^d Darwin Private Hospital   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^f ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABORIGINE; AMEBIASIS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE DURATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GANGRENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES INVASION; STAINING;

EID: 0037132066     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2002.tb04957.x     Document Type: Article

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