Pneumocystis Colonization in HIV-Infected Patients

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 616-617

  Huang, Laurence ^a   Crothers, Kristina ^a   Morris, Alison ^a,b   Groner, Gena ^c   Fox, Melissa ^c   Turner, Joan R ^a   Merrifield, Cynthia ^a   Eiser, Shary ^a   Zucchi, Patrizia ^a   Beard, Charles B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PATHOGEN;

AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; SAN FRANCISCO;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 9144273776     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2003.tb00651.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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