Disseminated acanthamoeba infection in a patient with AIDS: Response to 5-fluorocytosine therapy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 944-945

  Casper, T ^a,b   Basset, D ^a,b   Leclereq, C ^a,b   Fabre, J ^a,b   Peyron Raison, N ^a,b   Reynes, J ^a,b  

^a GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; PENTAMIDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033495645     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520471     Document Type: Article

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