Chronic diarrhoea among HIV-infected adult patients in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Infection

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-53

  Mwachari, C ^a   Batchelor, B I F ^a,b   Paul, J ^a,c   Waiyaki, P G ^a   Gilks, C F ^a,d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SUSSEX COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0031712410     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-4453(98)90561-8     Document Type: Article

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