Balantidium coli in an HIV-infected patient with chronic diarrhoea [7]

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 941-942

  Rosiris Cermeño, Julman ^a   Hernández De Cuesta, Isabel ^a   Uzcátegui, Orlando ^a   Páez, Javier ^a   Rivera, Mario ^a   Baliachi, Norka ^a  

^a Universidad de Oriente Nucleo Bolivar   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BALANTIDIUM; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BALANTIDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0037964237     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200304110-00030     Document Type: Letter

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