Oesophago-bronchial fistula causing cough and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections in a patient with Crohn's disease

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 310-311

  Brittenden, J ^a   Hosker, H S R ^b   Healey, C ^b   Porter, G ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b Airedale NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 20144368232     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hmed.2005.66.5.18430     Document Type: Article

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