Prevalence of cryptosporidiosis in renal transplant recipients presenting with acute diarrhea at a single center in Pakistan

Journal of Nephropathology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 127-131

  Raja, Kapeel ^a   Abbas, Zaigham ^a   Hassan, Syed Mujahid ^a   Luck, Nasir Hassan ^a   Aziz, Tahir ^a   Mubarak, Muhammed ^a  

^a SINDH INSTITUTE OF UROLOGY AND TRANSPLANTATION   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhea; Immunocompromised; Renal transplant patients; Stool analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925206681     PISSN: 22518363     EISSN: 22518819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12860/jnp.2014.25     Document Type: Article

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