Dual microsporidial infection due to Vittaforma corneae and Encephalitozoon hellem in a patient with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1521-1524

  Deplazes, P ^a   Mathis, A ^b   Van Saanen, M ^b   Iten, A ^b   Keller, R ^b   Tanner, I ^b   Glauser, M P ^b   Weber, R ^b   Canning, E U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROGENESIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VITTAFORMA CORNEAE;

EID: 0032450213     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/515023     Document Type: Article

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