Case 2-2006: A 31-year-old, HIV-positive man with rectal pain

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 354, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Davis, Benjamin T ^a,b   Thiim, Michael ^a,b   Zukerberg, Lawrence R ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; CEFALEXIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DAPSONE; DIDANOSINE; DOXYCYCLINE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; FLUCONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR PLUS RITONAVIR; NELFINAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTUM BIOPSY; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM; RECTUM DISEASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; PAIN; PROCTITIS; RECTAL DISEASES; RECTUM;

EID: 30944468561     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc059038     Document Type: Article

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