Acanthamoeba sinusitis and disseminated infection in a patient with AIDS

Infections in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 397-400

  Bonilla, Hector F ^a,d   Whitehurst, Ann ^b   Kauffman, Carol A ^c  

^a LSU Tammany Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d LA State Univ Tammany Med Ctr   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); Infection, protozoal; Sinusitis; Ulcer, cutaneous

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SINUSITIS; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033033868     PISSN: 07496524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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