Rhodococcus equi infection in subjects infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV);Infekce bakterií Rhodococcus equi u osob infikovaných virem lidské imunodeficience (HIV)

Casopis Lekaru Ceskych

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 163-167

  Rozsypal, H ^a   Aster, V ^a   Stankova M ^a   Horova B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BULOVKA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

HIV infection; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); Immunodeficiency; Pneumonia; Rhodococcus equi

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847682681     PISSN: 00087335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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