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J C Weitz

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Torres P, Jercic M, Weitz J, Dobrew E, Mercado R
J Parasitol . 2007 Jun; 93(2):440-3. PMID: 17539437
Fifteen cases of human pseudoterranovosis are reported for Chile, representing an emerging parasitic infection in this country caused by larvae of the nematode Pseudoterranova sp. Our observations also included an...
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Vargas S, Ponce C, Hughes W, Wakefield A, Weitz J, DONOSO S, et al.
Clin Infect Dis . 1999 Dec; 29(6):1489-93. PMID: 10585801
To delineate clinical and histological features of the first Pneumocystis carinii infection affecting the immunocompetent host, P. carinii-specific histological stains were performed on autopsy lung specimens from 534 consecutive pediatric...
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Weitz J, Astorga B
Rev Med Chil . 1995 Aug; 123(8):997-1001. PMID: 8657969
Between 1991 and 1994, eight external quality assessments of Cryptosporidium parvum infection diagnosis were performed. Stool specimens were sent to 74 laboratories, to be stained and examined. In 40 laboratories...
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Weitz J, Botehlo R, Bryan R
Rev Med Chil . 1995 Jul; 123(7):849-56. PMID: 8560116
Microsporidia are intracellular protozoa that mainly affect AIDS patients and chronic diarrhea, caused by the strains Enterocytozoon bieneusi and Septata intestinalis, is the most common clinical manifestation. The diagnosis is...
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Weitz J
Rev Med Chil . 1995 Mar; 123(3):330-3. PMID: 8525173
ELISA techniques using monoclonal antibodies have been recently developed for the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum fecal antigens. The aim of this work was to compare the yield of these ELISA...
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Hoffenberg P, Reyes V, Contreras L, Giglio M, Ossa P, Weitz J
Rev Med Chil . 1995 Feb; 123(2):185-91. PMID: 7569458
Introduction: Anti secretory drugs, antimicrobials and bismuth salts are used with variable success to eradicate Helicobacter pylori. Aim: To assess the effectiveness and rates of reinfection of two therapeutic modalities...
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Astorga B, Kustersch C, Weitz J
Rev Med Chil . 1993 Nov; 121(11):1340-1. PMID: 8191146
No abstract available.
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Weitz J, Astorga B
Rev Med Chil . 1993 Aug; 121(8):923-6. PMID: 8296101
The diagnosis of cryptosporidiosis is difficult when oocyst elimination is poor as occurs in AIDS patients. Aiming to improve the diagnosis, 144 fecal samples coming from AIDS patients with diarrhea,...
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Torres P, Franjola R, Weitz J, Pena G, Morales E
Bol Chil Parasitol . 1993 Jul; 48(3-4):39-43. PMID: 7993531
Fifteen new human cases of diphyllobothriasis in Chile are reported, one of them a multiple case of infection by Diphyllobothrium latum. Five scolices and 28 m of strobila were recovered...
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Astorga B, Weitz J
Rev Med Chil . 1992 Oct; 120(10):1168-9. PMID: 1341784
No abstract available.