Cryptosporidium hominis and isospora belli diarrhea in travelers returning from West Africa

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-142

  Agnamey, Patrice ^a   Djeddi, Djamal ^a   Oukachbi, Zahïr ^a   Totet, Anne ^a   Raccurt, Christian P ^a  

^a AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'LACTEOL'; CIPROFLOXACIN; PHLOROGLUCINOL; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; GUINEA; HUMAN; ISOSPORA BELLI; ISOSPORIASIS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MAURITANIA; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REHYDRATION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRAVEL; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; VOMITING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; HUMANS; INFANT; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORIASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRAVEL;

EID: 77649243227     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00393.x     Document Type: Article

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