Coinfection of visceral leishmaniasis and Mycobacterium in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 835-837

  Wang, Jun ^a   Vanley, Christopher ^b   Miyamoto, Eric ^b   Turner, Jerrold A ^a   Peng, Shi Kaung ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b South Coast Medical Center   (United States)

^c HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; SUPERINFECTION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION;

EID: 0032819593     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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