Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as the first presentation of HIV infection in patients older than fifty

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 247-249

  Jedlovsky, Veronika ^a   Fleischman, Jean K ^a  

^a QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034115872     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/108729100317704     Document Type: Article

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