کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9262503 1215132 2005 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Intestinal spirochetosis: epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical significance
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروبیولوژی و بیوتکنولوژی کاربردی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Intestinal spirochetosis: epidemiology, microbiology, and clinical significance
چکیده انگلیسی
First recognized in humans in the late 1800s, intestinal spirochetes are still poorly understood in their capacity to cause human disease. Though more commonly seen in developing than developed countries, the prevalence of intestinal spirochetosis appears to be growing in the Western world, particularly in the homosexual male and human immunodeficiency virus-infected populations. This change may also reflect increased recognition, as opposed to increased prevalence. Reported symptoms have ranged from asymptomatic colonization to watery, chronic diarrhea, abdominal pain, and fever, to the rare cases of fulminant hepatic failure and sepsis. The characteristic histological findings of a false brush border are distinctly unique, and while other methods of detection are being examined experimentally, they are not yet readily available. No specific guidelines for treatment exist. Although metronidazole is the most commonly employed means of therapy, cases of symptomatic remission have also been reported with penicillin, clindamycin, and erythromycin.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Clinical Microbiology Newsletter - Volume 27, Issue 12, 15 June 2005, Pages 91-96
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