Cryptosporidia enterocolitis in an immunocompetent infant treated with paromomycin

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 367-369

  Nelson, Suzanne P ^a,b,c   Lin, P Ling ^a,b   Miller, Jacqueline ^a,b   Katz, Ben Z ^a,b   Gonzalez Crussi, Frank ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAROMOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0032970521     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289903800609     Document Type: Article

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