Histoplasma capsulatum infection in refractory Crohn's disease of the pouch on anti-TNF biological therapy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 281-283

  Lan, Nan ^a,b   Patil, Deepa T ^a   Shen, Bo ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADALIMUMAB; CERTOLIZUMAB PEGOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; INFLIXIMAB; ITRACONAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ANUS FISTULA; CASE REPORT; COLITIS; COLON RESECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; CYSTOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GRANULOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROSALPINX; ILEITIS; ILEOANAL ANASTOMOSIS; ILEOSTOMY; INFLAMMATION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM RESECTION; RECURRENT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; COLECTOMY; COLITIS; COLONIC POUCHES; CROHN DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; ITRACONAZOLE; MALNUTRITION; POUCHITIS; RECTAL FISTULA; SUPERINFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84873544594     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.396     Document Type: Letter

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