Fulminant amebic colitis in an HIV-infected homosexual man

Internal Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 2851-2854

  Ishioka, Haruhiko ^a,b   Umezawa, Masami ^a   Hatakeyama, Shuji ^a,b  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colonic perforation; Fulminant amebic colitis; HIV infection; Homosexual man

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PAZUFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; COLON PERFORATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERITONITIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; JAPAN; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 81155135176     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.50.5411     Document Type: Article

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