Nodular cutaneous microsporidiosis in a patient with AIDS and successful treatment with long-term oral clindamycin therapy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 911-914

  Kester, Kent E ^a   Turiansky, George W ^a,b   McEvoy, Peter L ^a,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032104071     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-11-199806010-00009     Document Type: Article

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