More laboratories should test for Dientamoeba fragilis infection

BMJ

Volumn 318, Issue 7185, 1999, Pages 735-

  Windsor, J J ^a   Johnson, E H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIIODOHYDROXYQUIN; TETRACYCLINE;

AMEBIASIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIENTAMOEBA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STAINING;

DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033550922     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7185.735     Document Type: Letter

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