Retrospective evaluation of polymerase chain reaction to detect Toxoplasma gondii in AIDS patients;EVALUATION RETROSPECTIVE DE LA DETECTION DE TOXOPLASMA GONDII PAR REACTION DE POLYMERISATION EN CHAINE CHEZ DES PATIENTS SIDEENS

Presse Medicale

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 541-545

  Robert, F ^a   Ouatas, T ^a,b   Blanche, P ^a   Tourte Schaefer, C ^a   Sicard, D ^a   Dupouy Camet, J ^a  

^a Hôpital Cochin ^*  (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; PYRIMETHAMINE SULFADIAZINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0029986087     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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