Cyclospora cayetanensis associated with diarrhea in a patient with idiopathic compensated hepatic cirrhosis

Acta Gastro-Enterologica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 241-244

  Yazar, Süleyman ^a   Yaman, Ozan ^a   Demirtaş, Funda ^a   Yalçin, Şaban ^a   Yücesoy, Mehmet ^a   Şahin, Izzet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cyclospora cayetanensis; Hepatic cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STAINING;

CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036825452     PISSN: 00015644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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