Cryptosporidiosis: An unrecognized cause of diarrhea in elderly hospitalized patients

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 168-170

  Neill, Marguerite A ^a,d   Rice, Susan K ^a,b   Ahmad, Nadeem V ^a,c   Flanigan, Timothy P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fourth Street Clinic ^*  (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030071699     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/22.1.168     Document Type: Article

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