Intestinal microsporidiosis in HIV-positive patients with chronic unexplained diarrhea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Diagnosis, clinical presentation and follow-up

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-102

  Brasil, Patrícia ^a   Sodré, Fernando C ^a,b   Cuzzi Maya, Tullia ^a   Gutierrez, Maria Clara G F S ^a   Mattos, Haroldo ^b   Moura, Hércules ^a,b  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Albendazole therapy; Diarrhea; Intestinal infection; Microsporidia, AIDS

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROPATHY; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV ENTEROPATHY; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0030090424     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46651996000200003     Document Type: Article

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