Polyradiculopathy associated with ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus in an AIDS patient: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of sequential virus isolates

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1481-1484

  Smith, Irene L ^c   Shinkai, Mika ^b   Freeman, William R ^c   Spector, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GANCICLOVIR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYRADICULITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRAL GENETICS; VIRUS ISOLATION;

EID: 0029818262     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.6.1481     Document Type: Article

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