Prevalence rate of Cryptosporidium infection in hemodialysis patients in Iran

Hemodialysis International

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 375-379

  Seyrafian, Shiva ^a   Pestehchian, Nader ^a   Kerdegari, Maryam ^a   Yousefi, Hossein Ali ^a   Bastani, Bahar ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Hemodialysis; Parasite; Renal failure

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; IRAN; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OOCYSTS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33749345307     PISSN: 14927535     EISSN: 15424758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-4758.2006.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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