Colorectal spirochetosis in a child with rectal bleeding: Case report and literature review

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 673-675

  King, Neil Ryan ^a   Fidda, Nisreen ^b   Gourley, Glenn ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOATING; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FLATULENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROCHETE; STAINING; STEINER STAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CHILD; COLONIC DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; RECTAL DISEASES; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPIROCHAETALES;

EID: 27744479932     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000172881.47301.7a     Document Type: Review

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