In vivo diagnosis of intestinal spirochaetosis by confocal endomicroscopy

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Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1331-1333

  Gunther U ^a   Epple, H J ^a   Heller, F ^a   Leddenkemper, C ^a   Grunbaum M ^a   Schneider, T ^a   Zeitz, M ^a   Bojerski, C ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BRACHYSPIRA AALBORGI; BRACHYSPIRA PILOSICOLI; CASE REPORT; COLON BIOPSY; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; CONFOCAL ENDOMICROSCOPY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VERNER MORRISON SYNDROME;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COLONIC DISEASES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; SPIROCHAETA; SPIROCHAETALES INFECTIONS;

EID: 50249090608     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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