Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS-patients;Zur diagnostik der Pneumocystis carinii-pneumonie bei AIDS-patienten

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 604-607

  Armbruster, Christine ^a,c   Hassl, Andreas ^b   Kriwanek, Stefan ^a  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Int Abt des Pulmologischen Z   (Austria)

Author keywords

AIDS; Detection methods; Laboratory tests; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Presumptive diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0032544323     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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