Microsporidiosis in a Brazilian University Hospital. Case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 351-352

  Gonçalves, Elenice Messias Do Nascimento ^a   Uemura, Iaiko Horroiva ^a   Orban, Magali ^a   Castilho, Vera Lúcia Pagliusi ^a   Corbett, Carlos Eduardo Pereira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic diarrhea; Diagnosis; HIV; Microsporidia; Parasitology

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CIPROFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FECES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 33846200420     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652006000600010     Document Type: Article

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