Fulminant amebic colitis with an atypical clinical presentation successfully treated by metronidazole.
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Akihito
A
Kawazoe
Naoyoshi
N
Nagata
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001706:Biopsy; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000473:pathology; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D008795:Metronidazole