Intestinal spirochetosis and chronic watery diarrhea: Clinical and histological response to treatment and long-term follow up

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1326-1333

  Esteve, Maria ^a,d   Salas, Antonio ^a   Fernández Bañares, Fernando ^a   Lloreta, Josep ^b   Mariné, Meritxell ^a   Gonzalez, Clara Isabel ^a   Forné, Montserrat ^a   Casalots, Jaume ^a   Santaolalla, Rebeca ^a   Espinós, Jorge Carlos ^a   Munshi, Mohammed Arif ^c   Hampson, David John ^c   Viver, Josep Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic watery diarrhea; Intestinal spirochetosis; Metronidazole; Microscopic colitis; Penicillin

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745859750     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04150.x     Document Type: Article

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