Invasive amebiasis in men who have sex with men, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1141-1143

  Stark, Damien ^a   Van Hal, Sebastian J ^a   Matthews, Gail ^b   Harkness, John ^a   Marriott, Deborah ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; PAROMOMYCIN;

ADULT; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIARRHEA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LIVER ABSCESS; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIPARASITIC AGENTS; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 46349089845     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1407.080017     Document Type: Article

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