Cyclosporiasis associated with diarrhoea in an immunocompetent patient in Turkey

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-257

  Türk, Meral ^a   Türker, Metin ^a   Ak, Mucide ^b   Karaayak, Berrin ^a   Kaya, Turan ^a  

^a Ataturk State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DECOLORIZATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NAUSEA; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TURKEY;

EID: 17644431937     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.45531-0     Document Type: Article

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