Chronic diarrhea induced by Cryptosporidium parvum in an immunocompetent adult: Difficult diagnosis and unsatisfactory treatment;Diarrhée chronique chez un adulte immunocompétent due à Cryptosporidium parvum: Un diagnostic difficile et un traitement non codifié

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 501-502

  Rey, Philippe ^a   Carrere, Christophe ^a   Casassus Builhe, Didier ^a   Perret, Jean Luc ^b  

^a Service des Maladies Digestives   (France)

^b Hop d'Instruction Armees Legouest   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; NITAZOXANIDE; PAROMOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LIVER TOXICITY; MALNUTRITION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 3042540656     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(04)94972-X     Document Type: Letter

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