Pulmonary Mycobacterium celatum immune restoration disease: Immunopathology and response to corticosteroid therapy [4]

AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 2047-2049

  Bell, Helen C ^a   Heath, Christopher H ^a,b   French, Martyn A ^a,c  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; RITONAVIR; VALGANCICLOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LETTER; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM CELATUM; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 27944433437     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000191228.36797.5b     Document Type: Letter

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