Intestinal spirochetosis: An enigmatic disease

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 202-208

  Anthony, Nicholas E ^a   Blackwell, James ^a   Ahrens, William ^a   Lovell, Roger ^a   Scobey, Martin W ^a  

^a CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyspira; Drug therapy; Endoscopy; Epidemiology; Histopathology; Intestinal spirochetosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; MINOCYCLINE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; DIARRHEA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE SPIROCHETOSIS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SILVER STAINING; SPIROCHETE INFECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRACHYSPIRA; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84873124487     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2305-2     Document Type: Article

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