Quantitative light microscopic detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in stool specimens: A longitudinal study of human immunodeficiency virus-infected microsporidiosis patients

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 520-523

  Clarridge III, Jill E ^a,b   Karkhanis, Shilpa ^a   Rabeneck, Linda ^a   Marino, Bernard ^a   Foote, L W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORA; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSPORIDA;

EID: 0030063876     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.3.520-523.1996     Document Type: Article

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