Failure of screening to detect HIV in a foreign laborer who died of toxoplasmosis of the central nervous system

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 639-642

  Juan, Chi Wen ^a,b   Wu, Francis F S ^a   Chang, Wei Heng ^a   Chou, Chu Chung ^a   Lee, Tom Chao Nan ^b   Lin, Jackson C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Neurotoxoplasmosis; Opportunistic infection; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCREENING TEST; SEROLOGY; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 0032711558     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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