Prevalence of intestinal microsporidiosis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with diarrhea in major United States cities

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 339-342

  Dworkin, Mark S ^a   Buskin, Susan E ^c   Davidson, Arthur J ^d   Cohn, David L ^d   Morse, Anne ^e   Inungu, Jeffrey ^e   Adams, Michael R ^a   McCombs, Scott B ^a   Jones, Jeffrey L ^b   Moura, Hercules ^b   Visvesvara, Govinda ^b,f   Pieniazek, Norman J ^b   Navin, Thomas R ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d DENVER PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e Louisiana Office of Public Health   (United States)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; HIV infected patients; Intestinal microsporidiosis; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FUMAGILLIN; ITRACONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; OCTREOTIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; ETHNICITY; FECES ANALYSIS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 37849001468     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652007000600001     Document Type: Article

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