Resolution of microsporidial keratoconjunctivitis in an AIDS patient treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 378-379

  Martins, Suy Anne Rebouças ^a,b   Muccioli, Cristina ^a   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a   Castelo, Adauto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; PYRIMETHAMINE; STAVUDINE; SULFADIAZINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROSPORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EYE INFECTIONS, PARASITIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDINAVIR; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; LAMIVUDINE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; STAVUDINE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035110372     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00810-2     Document Type: Article

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