Gastric syphilis in an HIV-infected patient

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 281-285

  Guerrero, A F ^a   Straight, Timothy M ^a,b   Eastone, J ^b   Spooner, K ^b,c  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Tri Service AIDS Clinical Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CIMETIDINE; IBUPROFEN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEUROSYPHILIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RASH; REAGIN TEST; SATIETY; STOMACH DISEASE; SYMPTOM; SYPHILIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; STOMACH DISEASES; SYPHILIS;

EID: 20044362428     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2005.19.281     Document Type: Article

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