Lactobacillemia in three patients with aids

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1460-1462

  Horwitch, Carrie A ^a,b   Furseth, Heidi A ^a,b   Larson, Trudy L ^a,b   Jones, Trudy L ^a,b   Olliffe, Jeffrey F ^a,b   Spach, David H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LACTOBACILLUS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE;

EID: 0029560009     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/21.6.1460     Document Type: Note

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