Isospora belli superinfection in a patient with eosinophilic gastroenteritis-A diagnostic challenge

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 236-239

  Navaneethan, Udayakumar ^a   Venkatesh, Preethi GK ^a   Downs Kelly, Erinn ^a   Shen, Bo ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Immunodeficiency; Isospora belli

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; VALGANCICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM BIOPSY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FECES ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; ISOSPORA BELLI; ISOSPORIASIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE; SUPERINFECTION; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; DUODENUM; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES; GASTRITIS; HUMANS; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUPERINFECTION; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84856706332     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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