Asymptomatic pneumatosis intestinalis in AIDS

JBR-BTR

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 253-255

  Op De Beeck, B ^a   Peters, K ^a   Spinhoven, M J ^a   Snoeckx, A ^a   Salgado, R ^a   Parizel, P M ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cysts Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS); Intestines

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ITRACONAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATIGUE; HUMANS; INTESTINE, LARGE; LUNG; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PNEUMATOSIS CYSTOIDES INTESTINALIS; PULMONARY ASPERGILLOSIS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 72149083841     PISSN: 17802393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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