An appendiceal abscess due to Mycobacterium kansasii in a child with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 891-892

  Enani, Mushira A ^a   Frayha, Husn H ^a   Halim, Magid A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; ISONIAZID; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEVER; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442743101     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517158     Document Type: Article

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