Cryptosporidiosis: Environmental, therapeutic, and preventive challenges

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 927-935

  Collinet Adler, S ^a,b   Ward, H D ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; INDINAVIR; LEUKOCYTE EXTRACT; NITAZOXANIDE; PAROMOMYCIN; PLACEBO; RIFABUTIN; RITONAVIR; SAQUINAVIR;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LUNG DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; HYGIENE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; HYGIENE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77955468481     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-0960-9     Document Type: Review

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