Refractory diarrhea in a patient with HIV infection

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Barakat, Shadi S ^a   Campbell, Wayne N ^a  

^a UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ATAZANAVIR; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIDANOSINE; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLON BIOPSY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FURUNCULOSIS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; NOTE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROCHETE; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; ARTICLE; BRACHYSPIRA; COLON; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BRACHYSPIRA; COLON; DIARRHEA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE;

EID: 58749083029     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595699     Document Type: Note

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