Fever of undetermined origin in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in brazil: Report on 55 cases

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 27-32

  Lambertucci, J Roberto ^a   Rayes, Abdunnabi A M ^b   Nunes, Frank ^b   Landazuri Palacios, Jairo Enrique ^b   Nobre, Vandack ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; AIDS; Fever; Fever of undetermined origin; Fever of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0032604522     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46651999000100006     Document Type: Article

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