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Multiple drug regimen for severe diarrhea associated with Cryptosporidium in aids patients

Carlos Brites; Edson D. Moreira Jr.; José Carlos Bina; Warren D. Johnson Jr.; Roberto Badaró

DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86821991000200010


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 Adress to correspondence:
Dr. Roberto Badaró.
Serviço de Imunologia do Hospital
Prof. Edgard Santos.
R. João das Botas s/n Canela
40140
Salvador, BA, Brasil.

 

 

Recebido para publicação em 04/10/90.

 

 

Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil. Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
This work was supported by the NIH Grant AI26506-03