Role of CD4:CD8 ratio in predicting HIV co-infection in patients with newly diagnosed tuberculosis

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 79-83

  Salazar, Robert A ^a   Souza, Victor L ^a   Khan, Abdus S ^a   Fleischman, Jean K ^a  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0034002326     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108729100318000     Document Type: Article

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