Intestinal Spirochetosis
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Intestinal spirochetosis: a “fuzzy” entity
The presence of spirochetes in the human bowel has been recognized for over a century. Harland in 1967 described spirochetes on electron microscopy of rectal biopsies in a man with chronic diarrhea, and coined the term intestinal spirochetosis (IS) [1]. We report two cases of IS followed by review of literature. A 23-year-old male homosexual presented with diarrhea for 9 months but no blood. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mayo Clinic Proceedings
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0025-6196
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.12.003