Amoebic hepatic abscesses in an HIV-positive patient

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 606-611

  Brindicci, Gaetano ^a   Picciarelli, Claudia ^a   Fumarola, Luciana ^a   Carbonara, Sergio ^a   Stano, Francesca ^a   Ciracì, Emanuela ^a   Gramiccia, Marina ^b   Sannella, Anna Rosa ^b   Milella, Michele ^a   Vito, Danila De ^a   Monno, Rosa ^a   Monno, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AMEBICIDES; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PAROMOMYCIN;

EID: 33750861886     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.20.606     Document Type: Article

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