Colitis and gastroparesis associated with syphilis in an HIV-infected person with an undetectable viral load

AIDS Reader

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Gamenthaler, Andrew ^a   Moon, Naem ^b   Lucero, Salina ^c   Miroshnikova, Tatjana ^b   Giron, Jose A ^b,d  

^a MEMORIAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dr P Phillips Hospital   (United States)

^c ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GI tract; HIV AIDS; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; DOXYCYCLINE; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLITIS; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH TUBE; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLITIS; DOXYCYCLINE; GASTROPARESIS; GASTROSTOMY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PENICILLINS; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 67650892515     PISSN: 10530894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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