HIV-related Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in older patients hospitalized in the early HAART era

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 583-589

  Kim, Benjamin ^a   Lyons, Thomas ^a   Parada, Jorge P ^b,c   Uphold, Constance R ^d   Yarnold, Paul R ^a   Hounshell, Jennie B ^a   Sipler, Alison M ^a   Goetz, Matthew B ^e   DeHovitz, Jack A ^f   Weinstein, Robert A ^g   Campo, Rafael E ^h   Bennett, Charles L ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; HIV; Outcomes; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA;

AGE FACTORS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034853188     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2001.016009583.x     Document Type: Article

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