Infections of Blastocystis hominis and microsporidia in cancer patients: Are they opportunistic?

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 267-269

  Chandramathi, Samudi ^a   Suresh, Kumar ^a   Anita, Zarina Bustam ^a   Kuppusamy, Umah Rani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Blastocystis hominis; Cancer; Chemotherapy; Microsporidia; Opportunistic infection

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; OXALIPLATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTESTINE PARASITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; FECES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; LIFE STYLE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROSPORIDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; MICROSPORIDIA;

EID: 84858291143     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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