Epidemiology of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in southern Spain

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 673-676

  Calderon E J ^a,b   Varela, J M ^a   Medrano, F J ^a   Nieto, V ^a   Gonzalez Becerra C ^a   Respaldiza, N ^a   De la Horra, C ^a   Montes Cano, M A ^a   Vigil, E ^a   Gonzalez de la Puente M A ^a   Cuello, J A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCÍO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Pneumocytis carinii; Pneumocytosis; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII;

EID: 4043065023     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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