Portal vein thrombosis associated with Fusobacterium nucleatum septicemia in a patient with ulcerative colitis [1]

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 611-612

  Verna, Elizabeth C ^a   Larghi, Alberto ^a   Faddoul, Sami G ^b   Stein, Jeffrey A ^a   Worman, Howard J ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTERITIS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MOUTH INFECTION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPTICEMIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THROMBOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CLINDAMYCIN; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 3242671492     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200408000-00014     Document Type: Letter

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