Lymphogranuloma Venereum in North America: Case Reports and an Update for Gastroenterologists

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 469-473

  Tinmouth, Jill ^a   Rachlis, Anita ^a   Wesson, Trevor ^b   Hsieh, Eugene ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b Maple Leaf Medical   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; MESALAZINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COURSE EVALUATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROCTITIS; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEROCONVERSION; SEXUAL DEVIATION; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CANADA; DOXYCYCLINE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; PROCTITIS;

EID: 33645828392     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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