Clostridium difficile and Entamoeba histolytica infections in patients with colitis in the Philippines

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 424-428

  Warren, Cirle Alcantara ^a   Labio, Eternity ^b   Destura, Raul ^c,d   Sevilleja, Jesus Emmanuel ^c   Jamias, Jade D ^b,e   Daez, Ma Lourdes O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory   (Philippines)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^e National Kidney and Transplant Institute Philippines   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Amoebiasis; Clostridium difficile; Colitis; Diarrhoea; Entamoeba histolytica; Philippines

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COLITIS; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; PARASITISM; PHILIPPINES; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; COLITIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 84862150202     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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