Recurrent pneumonia and colobronchial fistula from Crohn's disease: Infliximab alters and simplifies surgical management

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-364

  Mercadal, Nuria Rosa ^a   Wiebke, Eric A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colobronchial fistula; Crohn's disease; Infliximab

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; INFLIXIMAB; METRONIDAZOLE; PARACETAMOL; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; BRONCHUS COLON FISTULA; BRONCHUS FISTULA; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; COLON FISTULA; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; CROHN DISEASE; ENTEROCUTANEOUS FISTULA; FEVER; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LOOSE FECES; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PNEUMONIA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84869023309     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: 17927463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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