Lymphogranuloma venereum proctitis: A differential diagnose to inflammatory bowel disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-510

  Høie, Sverre ^a   Knudsen, Lene Surland ^a   Gerstoft, Jan ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV; inflammatory bowel disease; lymphogranuloma venereum; proctitis

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; AZITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; INFLIXIMAB; MESALAZINE; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; TETRACYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ANEMIA; ANORECTAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLONOSCOPY; CONSTIPATION; CROHN DISEASE; DEFECATION URGENCY; DENMARK; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOCHEZIA; HEMORRHOID; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LAPAROSCOPIC LOOP SIGMOIDEOSTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM PROCTITIS; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENERUM PROCTITIS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDLINE; MIXED INFECTION; NORWAY; PAIN; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCTITIS; RECTOSCOPY; RECTUM BIOPSY; RECTUM DISCHARGE; RECTUM DISEASE; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RELAPSE; REMISSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UROLOGIC SURGERY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCTITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952592227     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365521.2010.537681     Document Type: Article

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