Regression of rectal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma but persistence of Helicobacter pylori infection of gastric mucosa after administration of levofloxacin: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1544-1546

  Dohden, Kenji ^a   Kaizaki, Yasuharu ^a   Hosokawa, Osamu ^a   Hayashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Hattori, Masakazu ^a  

^a Fukui Prefectural Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Helicobacter pylori; Levofloxacin; Rectal lymphoma of mucosa associated lymphoid tissue; Regression

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; PERSISTENT INFECTION; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM MUCOSA; RECTUM ULCER; SCINTISCANNING; STOMACH MUCOSA; TUMOR REGRESSION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4644276794     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10350-004-0575-2     Document Type: Article

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