Eradication of crytosporidium in four children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-130

  Trad, Omar ^a   Jumaa, Pauline ^a   Uduman, Sayenna ^b   Nawaz, Akhtar ^c  

^a TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; PAROMOMYCIN; ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DRUG COMBINATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMEBICIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; MALE; PAROMOMYCIN;

EID: 0037398574     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/49.2.128     Document Type: Article

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