Clostridium difficile infections in HIV-positive patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 537-539

  Wongwanich, Siripan ^a   Ramsiri, Sunanta ^a   Kusum, Mayura ^a   Warachit, Paijit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL TOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; TCDA PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ENTEROTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0034278705     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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