Infectious Causes of Appendicitis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 995-1018

  Lamps, Laura W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendicitis; Bacterial appendicitis; Fungal appendicitis; Granulomatous appendicitis; Infectious appendicitis; Parasitic appendicitis; Viral appendicitis

Indexed keywords

ACTINOMYCOSIS; ADENOVIRUS; ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; APPENDICITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROBIUS VERMICULARIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; MEASLES; MEASLES VIRUS; MYCOSIS; PARASITOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS INFECTION; YERSINIA; YERSINIOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APPENDICITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MYCOSES; PARASITIC DISEASES; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 77957740760     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2010.07.012     Document Type: Review

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