Neutropenic enterocolitis: An unusual complication of HCV combination therapy with PEG-IFN and ribavirin

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-373

  Kasturi, Krishna S ^a   Mummadi, Rajasekhara R ^a   Sood, Gagan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatitis C virus; Neutropenic enterocolitis; Pegylated Interferon; Ribavirin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PEGINTERFERON ALPHA2A; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RIBAVIRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NEUTROPENIC; FILGRASTIM; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIBAVIRIN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 44649155119     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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