Amebic perforation of the colon: Rare and frequently fatal complication

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 926-929

  Ozdogan, Mehmet ^a,b   Baykal, Atac ^a   Aran, Omer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON DISEASE; COLON PERFORATION; DYSENTERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PERITONITIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; REBOUND TENDERNESS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; COLONIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 6344221287     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-004-7503-4     Document Type: Article

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