Histopathological diagnosis of intestinal spirochetosis in a nonimmunocompromised patient

Int J Surg Pathol. 2010 Feb;18(1):73-4. doi: 10.1177/1066896908317340. Epub 2008 May 28.

Authors

Jose Manuel Suarez-Peñaranda¹, Fernando Macías-García, José Llovo, Jerónimo Forteza

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, University Hospital and School of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela, Spain. [email protected]

PMID: 18508846
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908317340

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
Colonoscopy
Diarrhea / microbiology
Diarrhea / pathology
Feces / microbiology
Humans
Immunocompetence
Intestinal Diseases / drug therapy
Intestinal Diseases / microbiology
Intestinal Diseases / pathology*
Intestinal Mucosa / microbiology
Intestinal Mucosa / pathology
Male
Metronidazole / therapeutic use
Spirochaetales / isolation & purification
Spirochaetales / physiology
Spirochaetales Infections / drug therapy
Spirochaetales Infections / pathology*
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Metronidazole