Bilateral microsporidial keratitis in an patient with AIDS;Beidseitige mikrosporidien-keratitis bei einer HIV-positiven patientin im stadium AIDS

Klinische Monatsblatter fur Augenheilkunde

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 476-479

  Kersten, Andreas ^a   Althaus, Christoph ^a   Seitz, Hanns M ^b   Pfahl, Hans Georg ^c   Sundmacher, Rainer ^a  

^a Augenklinik der Heinrich Heine U

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

AIDS; Fumagillin; Microsporidial keratitis

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FUMAGILLIN; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031817536     PISSN: 00232165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1034934     Document Type: Article

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