Disseminated mycobacterial infection in AIDS patients: Abdominal US features and value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy of lymph nodes and spleen

Abdominal Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 602-608

  Tarantino, L ^a   Giorgio, A ^a   De Stefano, G ^a   Farella, N ^a   Perrotta, A ^a   Esposito, F ^a  

^a AO Dei Colli Hospital for Infectious Diseases D Cotugno   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fine needle aspiration biopsy; Intestine, ultrasound; Mycobacteriosis; Spleen, ultrasound; Ultrasound; Ultrasound interventional procedures

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; PERITONITIS, TUBERCULOUS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TUBERCULOSIS, HEPATIC; TUBERCULOSIS, LYMPH NODE; TUBERCULOSIS, SPLENIC;

EID: 0041422621     PISSN: 09428925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00261-003-0035-9     Document Type: Article

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