Successful treatment of lethal protozoal infections with the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor, alpha-difluoromethylornithine. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1985. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Successful treatment of lethal protozoal infections with the ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor, alpha-difluoromethylornithine.

Trans Assoc Am Physicians. 1984;97:70-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/85220232
Sjoerdsma A; Golden JA; Schechter PJ; Barlow JL; Santi DV

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/PARASITOLOGY Adolescence Adult Child Female Human Male Middle Age Ornithine/*ANALOGS & DERIVATIVES/THERAPEUTIC USE Ornithine Decarboxylase/*ANTAGONISTS & INHIB Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/COMPLICATIONS/*DRUG THERAPY/ ENZYMOLOGY Trypanocidal Agents/THERAPEUTIC USE Trypanosoma brucei gambiense Trypanosomiasis, African/COMPLICATIONS/*DRUG THERAPY/ENZYMOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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