Diagnosis of disseminated microsporidian Encephalitozoon hellem infection by PCR-southern analysis and successful treatment with albendazole and fumagillin

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 947-952

  Didier, Elizabeth S ^a   Rogers, Linda B ^a   Brush, Alan D ^b   Wong, Susan ^b   Traina Dorge, Vicki ^a   Bertucci, Donna ^a  

^a TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALBENDAZOLE; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUMAGILLIN; ITRACONAZOLE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAOCULAR FOREIGN BODY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MICROSPORA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030007160     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.4.947-952.1996     Document Type: Article

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