Fever of unknown origin in the setting of HIV infection: Guidelines for a rational approach

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 373-378

  Mayo, Jose ^a   Collazos, Julio ^a   Martinez, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE GALDAKAO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; COTRIMOXAZOLE; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCINTISCANNING; SKIN BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0031782370     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.1998.12.373     Document Type: Article

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