Colobronchial fistula presenting with persistent pneumonia in a patient with Crohn's disease: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  AlAmeel, Turki ^a   MacLean, D A ^b   MacDougall, Ryan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; MEROPENEM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CANDIDA; CASE REPORT; CECUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLITIS; COLOBRONCHUS FISTULA; COLON FISTULA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; COUGHING; CROHN DISEASE; DESCENDING COLON; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTESTINE ANASTOMOSIS; INTESTINE RESECTION; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPUTUM; SPUTUM CULTURE; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 77953460830     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-1626-2-9114     Document Type: Article

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