Contrasting incidence of Clostridium difficile and other enteropathogens in AIDS patients in London and Lusaka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 167-168

  Zulu, Isaac ^a,b,c   Kelly, Paul ^a,b   Mwansa, James ^a   Veitch, Andrew ^b   Farthing, Michael J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^b ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Clostridium difficile; Diarrhoea; Enteropathogens; UK; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; UNITED KINGDOM; ZAMBIA;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

EID: 0034075916     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90260-8     Document Type: Article

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