Paromomycin for cryptosporidiosis in aids: A prospective, double-blind trial

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 1994, Pages 419-424

  Clinton White, A ^a   Chappell, Cynthia L ^a,b,c   Sikander Hayat, C ^a,b,c   Kimball, Kay T ^a   Flanigan, Timothy P ^a   Goodgame, Richard W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CREATININE; ELECTROLYTE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIVER ENZYME; NITROGEN; PAROMOMYCIN; UREA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FECES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PAROMOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0028238931     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/170.2.419     Document Type: Article

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