Polymerase chain reaction and culture confirmation of disseminated encephalitozoon cuniculi in a patient with aids: Successful therapy with albendazole

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 1375-1378

  De Groote, Mary A ^a,b   Visvesvara, Govinda ^a,b   Wilson, Michael L ^a,b   Pieniazek, Norman J ^a,b   Slemenda, Susan B ^a,b   Dasilva, Alexandre J ^a,b   Leitch, Gordon J ^a,b   Bryan, Ralph T ^a,b   Reves, Randall ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLOFAZIMINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; CREATININE; ETHAMBUTOL; PROTOZOAL DNA; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MICROSPORA; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPUTUM CULTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URINE CULTURE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CREATININE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPORES; SPUTUM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028919561     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/171.5.1375     Document Type: Article

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