The diagnostic yield of stool analysis in 525 HIV-1-infected individuals [3]

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1711-1713

  Datta, Debasis ^a   Gazzard, Brian ^a   Stebbing, Justin ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CAMPYLOBACTER; CELL COUNT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CORONAVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIARRHEA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOSPORA; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSPORIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COLONOSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0042127229     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200307250-00023     Document Type: Letter

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