Cryptococcal mesenteric lymphadenitis: An unusual cause of acute abdomen

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 633-635

  Karagüzel, Güngör ^a   Kiliçarslan Akkaya, Bahar ^a   Melikoǧlu, Mustafa ^a   Karpuzoǧlu, Gülten ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute abdomen; Cryptococcosis; Mesenteric lymphadenitis

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5344258220     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1246-z     Document Type: Article

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