Cyclospora cayetanensis in a Patient with Travelers' Diarrhea: Case Report and Review

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-63

  Kansouzidou, Athina ^a   Charitidou, Christina ^a   Varnis, Themis ^a   Vavatsi, Norma ^b   Kamaria, Fotini ^a  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; MOROCCO; PARASITE EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA;

EID: 1042290343     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7060.2004.13640     Document Type: Review

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