Fatal myocardial co-infection by Toxoplasma gondii and Parvovirus B19 in an HIV patient [3]

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1386-1388

  Chimenti, Cristina ^a,b   Del Nonno, Franca ^b   Topino, Simone ^b   Abbate, Isabella ^b   Licci, Stefano ^b   Grazia Paglia, Maria ^b   Rosaria Capobianchi, Maria ^b   Petrosillo, Nicola ^b   Frustaci, Andrea ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TIME OF DEATH; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 34249983135     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32812685e5     Document Type: Letter

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