Timely diagnosis of disseminated toxoplasmosis by sputum examination

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 646-648

  Laibe, Sophy ^a   Ranque, Stéphane ^a   Curtillet, Catherine ^a   Faraut, Françoise ^a   Dumon, Henri ^a   Franck, Jacqueline ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES INVASION; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM SMEAR; TECHNIQUE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, PARASITIC; MICROSCOPY; SPUTUM; STAINING AND LABELING; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 32344436042     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.44.2.646-648.2006     Document Type: Article

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