Neutropenic enterocolitis (typhlitis) associated with infectious mononucleosis

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-157

  Siǧirci, Ahmet ^a   Akinci, Aysehan ^a   Özgen, Ünsal ^a   Özen, Metehan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caecum; Child; Colon; CT; Infection; Typhlitis

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PALLOR; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

CECUM; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TYPHLITIS;

EID: 33645750820     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-005-0014-0     Document Type: Article

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