Amebic colitis in an antigenically and serologically negative patient: usefulness of a small-subunit ribosomal RNA gene-based polymerase chain reaction in diagnosis

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 333-335

  Solaymani Mohammadi, Shahram ^a,b   Coyle, Christina M ^c   Factor, Stephen M ^c   Petri Jr , William A ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebic colitis; Clostridium difficile; Entamoeba histolytica; Serologic test; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

AMEBICIDES; ANIMALS; CHINA; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOSOME SUBUNITS, SMALL; RNA, PROTOZOAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54049112982     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2008.06.014     Document Type: Article

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