Prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection: Its impact on the diagnostic yields in exudative pleural effusions at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 575-578

  Owino, E A ^a   McLigeyo, S O ^a   Gathua, S N ^a   Nyong'o, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTIONS; KENYA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EFFECTS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCREENING; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXAMINATIONS AND DIAGNOSES; HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; INFECTIONS; KENYA; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY EFFECTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCREENING; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0030225576     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Mureithi, C.M.J. Pleural effusions at Kenyatta National Hospital, M.Med. dissertation, University of Nairobi, 1981.
2. Onadeko, B.O. and Abioye, A.A. Needle biopsy of the pleura in Nigeria. Brit. J. Dis. Chest. 1979; 73:282-284,
3. Al-Alusi, F.A. Pleural effusions in Iraqi: a prospective study of 100 cases. Thorax 1986; 4:492-493.
4. Hirsch A., Ruffie P., Nebut M., Bignon J. and Chretien J. Pleural effusion: laboratory tests in 300 cases. Thorax. 1979; 34:106-112.
5. Murray J.F. and Mills J. Pulmonary infectious complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection. Amer. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1990; 141:1356-1372.
6. Murray J.F. and Mills J., Pulmonary infectious complications of human Immunodeficiency virus infection. Amer. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1990; 141:1582-1598.
7. Gilks G.F., Brindle R.J. and Otieno L.S. et al. Extrapulmonary and disseminated tuberculosis in HIV-1 seropositive patients presenting to acute medical services in Nairobi. AIDS. 1990; 4:981-985.
8. Elliot A.M., Luo N. and Tembo G. et al. Impact of HIV on tuberculosis in Zambia: A cross-sectional study. Brit. Med. J. 1990; 301:412-415.
9. Sunderam G., McDonald R.J., Maniatis T., Oleske J., Kapila R. and Reichman L.B. Tuberculosis as a manifestation of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). J. Amer. med. Ass. 1986; 256:362-366.
10. Pitchenik, A.E., Burr, J., Suarez, M., Fertel, D., Gonzales, G. and Moas, C. Human T-cell lymphotropic virus III (HTLV-III) seropositivity and related diseases among 71 consecutive patients in whom tuberculosis was diagnosed. Amer. Rev. Respir, Dis. 1987; 135:675-879.
11. Barnes, P.F., Bloch A.B., Davidson P.T. and Snider D.E. Tuberculosis in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. N. Engl. J. Med. 1991; 324:1644-1650.
12. Bayley A.C., Cheingsong-popov R. and Dalgleish A.G. et al. HTLV-III serology distinguishes atypical and endemic Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa. Lancet 1985; 1:359-361.
13. Ziegler J.L., Beckslead J.A. and Volberding P.A. et al. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 90 homosexual men. Relation to generalised lymphadenopathy and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. N. Engl. J. Med. 1984; 311:565-570.
14. Polsky B., Gold J.W.M. and Whimbey G. et al. Bacterial pneumonia in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Ann. intern. Med. 1986; 104:38-41.
15. Newman, T.G., Soni, A., Acaron S. and Huang C.T. Pleural cryptococcosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Chest. 1987; 91:459-461.
16. Nunn P., Gicheha C. and Hayes R. et al. Cross-sectional survey of HIV infections among patients with tuberculosis in Nairobi, Kenya. Tubercle. 1992; 73:45-51.
17. Nambuya A., Sewankambo N., Mugerwa J. and Lucas A. Tuberculous lymphadenitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Uganda. J. Clin. Path. 1988; 41:93-96.
18. Batungwanayo J., Taelman H., Allen S., Bogaerts J., Kagame A. and van de Perre P. Pleural effusion, tuberculosis and HIV-1 infection in Kigali, Rwanda. AIDS 1993; 7:73-79.
19. Pozniak A.L., Latif A.S., Neill P., Chen K. and Robertson V. Pulmonary Kaposi's sarcoma in Africa. Thorax 1992; 47:730-733.
20. Scharer L. and McClement J.H. Isolation of tubercle bacilli from needle biopsy specimens of parietal pleura. Amer. Rev. Respir. Dis. 1968; 97:466-468.
21. Epstein D.M., Kline L.R., Albelda S.M. and Miller W.T. Tuberculous pleural effusions. Chest. 1987; 91:106-109.
22. Scerbo J., Keltz H. and Stone D.J. A prospective study of closed pleural biopsies. J. Amer. med. Ass. 1971; 218:377-380.