Diarrhea and Clostridium difficile infection in Latin American patients with AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 487-493

  Willingham, Field F ^b   Chavez, Eduardo Ticona ^b   Taylor, David N ^b   Bowen, Anna B ^b   Crane, Andrea R ^b   Gottlieb, Aren L ^b   Gayles, Michael K ^b   Grahn, Kirstin F ^b   Perez, Victor Manuel Chavez ^b   Apolinario, Ines Salas ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PERU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 17344365787     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514688     Document Type: Article

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