Chorioretinitis following liver transplantation: Detection of Toxoplasma gondii in aqueous humor

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 184-185

  Blanc Jouvan, M ^a   Boibieux, A ^b   Fleury, J ^b   Fourcade, N ^b   Gandilhon, F ^b   Dupouy Camet, J ^b   Peyron, F ^b   Ducerf, C ^b  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLINIC ACID; GANCICLOVIR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINITIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0030052807     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.184     Document Type: Article

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