Phlegmonous gastritis associated with Kaposi sarcoma: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 801-803

  Yu, Qing Qing ^a   Tariq, Amina ^a   Unger, Stephen W ^a   Cabello Inchausti, Beria ^a   Robinson, Morton J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CEFTRIAXONE; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTRITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSCOPY; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PHLEGMON; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURVIVAL; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; CELLULITIS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; GASTRITIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOMA, KAPOSI; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 3042826849     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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