Enterocolitis, Neutropenic
"Enterocolitis, Neutropenic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A syndrome characterized by inflammation in the ILEUM, the CECUM, and the ASCENDING COLON. It is observed in cancer patients with CHEMOTHERAPY-induced NEUTROPENIA or in other immunocompromised individuals (IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST).
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D044504
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.405.205.596.750 C06.405.469.363.750
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Enterocolitis, Neutropenic" by people in Profiles.
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Lethal human neutropenic entercolitis caused by Clostridium chauvoei in the United States: tip of the iceberg? J Infect. 2012 Feb; 64(2):225-7.
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The gastrointestinal complications of oncologic therapy. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2010 Sep; 39(3):629-47.
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Neutropenic enterocolitis: An unusual complication of HCV combination therapy with PEG-IFN and ribavirin. Eur J Intern Med. 2008 Jul; 19(5):372-3.
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Pathologic quiz case: an 11-year-old boy with acute-onset right lower abdominal pain. Typhilitis (neutropenic enterocolitis). Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2004 Feb; 128(2):239-40.