Development and application of genetic probes for detection of Enterocytozoon bieneusi in formalin-fixed stools and in intestinal biopsy specimens from infected patients

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 405-408

  Carville, Angela ^a   Mansfield, Keith ^c   Widmer, Giovanni ^a   Lackner, Andrew ^c   Kotler, Donald ^b   Wiest, Peter ^d   Gumbo, Tawanda ^d   Sarbah, Steid ^d   Tzipori, Saul ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MICROSPORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030797758     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.4.4.405-408.1997     Document Type: Article

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