Intestinal spirochetosis and colon diverticulosis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 56-57

  Aurelho De Lima, Marcus ^a,b,c   Barbosa, André Luís ^a,b   Modesto Dos Santos, Vitorino ^b   Prata Misiara, Felipe ^b  

^a Cancer Combat Assoc of Ctrl Brazil   (Brazil)

^b Univ Hosp Triangulo Mineiro M S   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Colon; Diverticulosis; HIV; Intestinal bleeding; Spirochetosis

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON BIOPSY; COLON DIVERTICULOSIS; COLON MUCOSA; FLATULENCE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETOSIS; STAINING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 13244262593     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822005000100011     Document Type: Article

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