Respiratory cryptosporidiosis in two patients with HIV infection in a tertiary care hospital in Morocco

Annales de Biologie Clinique

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 605-608

  Tali, Abdelali ^a   Addebbous, Amal ^a   Asmama, Souad ^a   Chabaa, Laila ^a   Zougaghi, Laila ^a  

^a Centre hospitalier Mohammed VI   (Morocco)

Author keywords

AIDS; Cryptosporidium

Indexed keywords

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, SATELLITE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

CRYPTOCOCCUS SP.; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 80054799098     PISSN: 00033898     EISSN: 19506112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/abc.2011.0626     Document Type: Article

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