Treatment of severe diarrhea caused by Cryptosporidium parvum with oral bovine immunoglobulin concentrate in patients with AIDS

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 348-354

  Greenberg, Paul D ^a   Cello, John P ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; Bovine immunoglobulins; Cryptosporidium parvum; Diarrhea

Indexed keywords

BOVINE IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTRUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NAUSEA; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0029829743     PISSN: 10779450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199612010-00008     Document Type: Article

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