Rare case of trichomonal peritonitis

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1312-1313

  Zalonis, Crystal A ^a   Pillay, Allan ^b   Secor, William ^b   Humburg, Burt ^a   Aber, Robert ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; DEATH; FLAGELLATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTENSION; INTESTINE SOUND; LETTER; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARACENTESIS; PERITONITIS; TACHYCARDIA; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FATAL OUTCOME; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICHOMONAS; TRICHOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 79959898833     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1707.100892     Document Type: Letter

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