Cytopathologic and genetic diagnosis of pulmonary amebiasis: A case report

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 547-550

  Hara, Akira ^a   Hirose, Yoshinobu ^a   Mori, Hideki ^a   Iwao, Humihiko ^b   Kato, Tatsuo ^b   Kusuhara, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Polymerase chain reaction; Pulmonary diseases; Sputum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CANCER; LUNG AMEBIASIS; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TROPHOZOITE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242666194     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326415     Document Type: Article

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