Published in:
10-04-2022 | Metronidazole | Stanford Multidisciplinary Seminars
Stemming the Tide of Gastrointestinal Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Authors:
Yasemin Cagil, Elizabeth Tong, Carolina Guimaraes, Joseph Andrews, Marwa Abu El Haija, George Triadafilopoulos, Ann Ming Yeh, Ami Shah
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 7/2022
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Excerpt
A 12-year-old male with chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) was evaluated at the pediatric gastroenterology clinic for diarrhea and bloody stools. He had been diagnosed with CGD in his infancy, when he was initially evaluated for a retroauricular suppurative granuloma. Growing up, he experienced several infections, including pulmonary histoplasmosis requiring prolonged course of antifungal therapy. …