Parasitic sinusitis and otitis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: Report of five cases and review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 267-272

  Dunand, Viviane A ^b   Hammer, Scott M ^b   Rossi, Renee ^b   Poulin, Mark ^b   Albrecht, Mary A ^b   Doweiko, John P ^b   Degirolami, Paola C ^b   Coakley, Eoin ^b   Piessens, Eva ^b   Wanke, Christine A ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORUM; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OTITIS; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SINUSITIS;

EID: 16944365447     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514536     Document Type: Article

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