Genetic identification of intestinal microsporidia species in immunocompromised patients in Tunisia

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 24-27

  Chabchoub, Najla ^a   Abdelmalek, Rim ^b   Mellouli, Fethi ^c   Kanoun, Fakher ^b   Thellier, Marc ^d   Bouratbine, Aïda ^a   Aoun, Karim ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b Service des Maladies Infectieuses   (Tunisia)

^c CENTRE NATIONAL DE GREFFE DE MOELLE OSSEUSE   (Tunisia)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENCEPHELITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHELITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON INFECTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROSPORUM; MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TUNISIA;

ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 58149467897     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2009.80.24     Document Type: Article

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