A case of Staphylococcus aureus enterocolitis: A rare entity

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-117

  Thakkar, Shyam ^a   Agrawal, Radheshyam ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFUSION FLUID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOLITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXIC MEGACOLON;

EID: 77950537736     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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