Azithromycin therapy for Cryptosporidium parvum infection in four children infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-300

  Hicks, P ^a   Zwiener, R J ^a   Squires, J ^a   Savell, V ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; OCTREOTIDE; PAROMOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030405002     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70258-5     Document Type: Article

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