Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli EH 0157:H7 colitis

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 44-46

  Morandi, Eugenio ^a,b   Grassi, Chiara ^a   Cellerino, Paola ^a   Massara, Paolo Previde ^a   Corsi, Fabio ^a   Trabucchi, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Divisione di Chirurgia Generale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colitis in HIV+ patients; Colonic perforations; Escherichia coli 0157:H7; Hemorrhagic colitis

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VEROTOXIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON HEMORRHAGE; COLON PERFORATION; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; ISCHEMIC COLITIS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLITIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHIGA TOXINS;

EID: 0037213961     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200301000-00014     Document Type: Article

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