Disseminated infection due to Encephalitozoon cuniculi in a patient with AIDS: Case report and review

HIV Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-161

  Fournier, S ^a   Liguory, O ^a   Sarfati, C ^a   David Ouaknine, F ^b   Derouin, F ^a   Decazes, Jm ^a   Molina, Jm ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Lagny Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

AIDS; Albendazole; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Microsporidia

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FATALITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMAL; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE REPORT; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034231653     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1293.2000.00022.x     Document Type: Article

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