Fulminant amoebic colitis following loperamide use

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-62

  McGregor, Alastair ^a   Brown, Michael ^a,c   Thway, Khin ^b   Wright, Stephen G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; LOPERAMIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; RIFAXIMIN;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG USE; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; PATHOGENESIS; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; COLECTOMY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOPERAMIDE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRAVEL;

EID: 33846281892     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2006.00096.x     Document Type: Article

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