Intestinal spirochetosis and diarrhea, commensal or causal [1]

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2441-2442

  Martinez, Matthew W ^a   Petre, Sorin ^c   Wisinger, David ^d   Temesgen, Zelalem ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; DIARRHEA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAGIN TEST; SPIROCHETOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOPSY; COLITIS, MICROSCOPIC; DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; RECTAL DISEASES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS;

EID: 11244290314     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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