Natural history of intestinal microsporidiosis among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3421-3422

  Dascomb, Kristin ^a   Clark, Rebecca ^a,f   Aberg, Judith ^b   Pulvirenti, Joseph ^c   Hewitt, Ross G ^d   Kissinger, Patricia ^a   Didier, Elizabeth S ^e  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^e TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Maxillofacial Prosthetics Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS LOAD; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032880485     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3421-3422.1999     Document Type: Article

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