Utility of bone marrow culture and biopsy in the diagnosis of disseminated infections in AIDS

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-4

  Keiser, Philip ^a,b   Rademacher, Steven ^a   Smith, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CULTURE; HELPER CELL; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030982510     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199709)56:1<1::AID-AJH1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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