Enteric infections and diarrhea in human virus-infected persons: Prospective community-based cohort study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 159, Issue 13, 1999, Pages 1473-1480

  Weber, Rainer ^a   Ledergerber, Bruno ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^c   Altwegg, Martin ^c   Pfyffer, Gaby E ^c   Spycher, Max A ^a   Briner, Jakob ^a   Kaiser, Laurent ^b   Opravil, Milos ^a   Meyenberger, Christa ^a   Flepp, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE INFECTION; LEISHMANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033549633     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.159.13.1473     Document Type: Article

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