A 3-year follow-up of a Brazilian AIDS patient with protracted diarrhea caused by Enterocytozoon bieneusi

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 215-218

  Brasil, Patrícia ^a   De Paiva, Daurita D ^a   De Lima, Dirce B ^a   Da Silva, Edson Jurado ^c   Peralta, José Mauro ^b   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^b   Sodré, Fernando C ^a   Villela, Érika Veríssimo ^a   Moura, Hércules ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Maternidade do Hospital Estadual Pedro II   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; Diarrhea; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0031758406     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651998000400002     Document Type: Article

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