Diagnostic use of 3 techniques for identification of microsporidian spores among AIDS patients in Portugal

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 591-593

  Matos, Olga ^a   Lobo, Maria L ^a   Gonçalves, Luzia ^a   Antunes, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS SPORE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; INFANT; LABORATORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MICROSPORUM; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FECES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TRYPAN BLUE; URINE;

EID: 0036040637     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540110080872     Document Type: Article

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