Amebic coitis: New insights into pathogenesis and treatment

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 429-433

  Bercu, Tracy E ^b   Petri Jr , Wiliam A ^a   Behm, Brian W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LECTIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN; PROTOZOAL VACCINE; TINIDAZOLE;

AMEBA COLITIS; AMEBIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BANGLADESH; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG EFFECT; DYSENTERY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TINIDAZOLE;

EID: 38849191235     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-007-0054-8     Document Type: Review

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