Ileocecal histoplasmosis simulating crohn disease in a patient with hyperimmunoglobulin e syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 744-746

  Steiner, Steven J ^a,c   Kleiman, Martin B ^a   Corkins, Mark R ^a   Christenson, John C ^a   Wheat, L Joseph ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MIRAVISTA DIAGNOSTICS   (United States)

^c RILEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Crohn disease; Histoplasmosis; Job syndrome; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROHN DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULIN E SYNDROME; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; NEUTROPENIC ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 68649088367     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31819b65e0     Document Type: Article

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