Multiorgan microsporidiosis: Report of five cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 37-44

  Gunnarsson, Gunnar ^a   Hurlbut, David ^a   Degirolami, Paola C ^a   Federman, Micheline ^a   Wanke, Christine ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CREATININE; FLUORESCENT DYE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SPUTUM SMEAR; URINE SEDIMENT;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMAL; ANTHELMINTICS; BILIARY TRACT DISEASES; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FECES; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGE; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINE;

EID: 0029073848     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.1.37     Document Type: Article

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