Infective complications after abdominal surgery in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: Role of CD4+ lymphocytes in prognosis

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 778-782

  Emparan, Carlos ^a,b,c   Iturburu, Ignacio M ^a   Ortiz, J ^a   Mendez, Jaime J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Facultad de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; BILIARY TRACT SURGERY; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BACTERIA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031856443     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689900469     Document Type: Conference Paper

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