Pulmonary coinfection by trichomonas vaginalis and Pneumocystis sp. As a novel manifestation of AIDS

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 508-511

  Duboucher, Christophe ^a   Noël, Christophe ^b   Durand Joly, Isabelle ^b   Gerbod, Delphine ^b   Delgado Viscogliosi, Pilar ^b   Jouveshomme, Stéphane ^b   Leclerc, Catherine ^b   Cartolano, Gian Luigi ^b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^b   Capron, Monique ^b   Viscogliosi, Eric ^b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER INTERCOMMUNAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; Molecular identification; Opportunistic infection; Respiratory tract infection; Trichomonas

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037944058     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00088-1     Document Type: Article

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