Cryptosporidiosis presenting as acute appendicitis: A case report

American Surgeon

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 537-538

  Buch, Kerri ^a   Nguyen, Scott ^a   Divino, Celia M ^a   Weber, Kaare ^a   Morotti, Raffaella A ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; APPENDECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; UNITED STATES; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; APPENDICITIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23244434678     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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