Prospective trial of paromomycin for cryptosporidiosis in AIDS

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 370-372

  Flanigan, Timothy P ^a   Ramratnam, Bharat ^a   Graeber, Carol ^b   Hellinger, James ^c   Smith, David ^d   Wheeler, David ^e   Hawley, Peter ^f   Heath Chiozzi, Margo ^g   Ward, Douglas J ^j   Brummitt, Charles ^h   Turner, John ⁱ  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Philadelphia Fight   (United States)

^c CRI of New England   (United States)

^d ABINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f Whitman Walker Clinic   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^h Wisconsin Comm Based Res C   (United States)

ⁱ GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; PAROMOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OOCYST; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029878060     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)89499-5     Document Type: Article

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