Non-traumatic perforation of the small bowel

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-39

  Eid, Hani O ^a   Hefny, Ashraf F ^b   Joshi, Sandhya ^b   Abu Zidan, Fikri M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

HIV; Hook worms; Small bowel perforation; Tuberculosis; Typhoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE ULCER; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; SMALL INTESTINE PERFORATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; ILEUM DISEASE; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEMATODAL AGENT; MEBENDAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEMATODAL AGENTS; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ILEAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEBENDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, GASTROINTESTINAL; TYPHOID FEVER;

EID: 66349111229     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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