Pneumococcal bacteremia in adults: Differences between patients with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-25

  Afessa, Bekele ^a,b,c   Greaves, Wayne L ^a   Frederick, Winston R ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Kls Martin   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; AIDS; Bacterial infection; Case fatality rate; Pneumococcal bacteremia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0030694265     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1201-9712(97)90006-0     Document Type: Article

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