Ameboma: an unusual cause of gastrointestinal bleeding during severe leptospirosis.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on June 02, 2014

Authors

Tristan Legris1, Marie-Christine Jaffar-Bandjee, Olivier Favre, Nicole Lefrançois, Robert Genin, Claire Ragot, Carla Fernandez, Anne-Hélène Reboux

Author Affiliations

1: Service de Néphrologie, Dialyse et Transplantation Rénale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Felix Guyon, Saint-Denis, La Réunion, France. tristan.legris@ap-hm.fr.

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