Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients being registered for smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis in Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 402-408

  Hargreaves, N J ^a,b,c   Kadzakumanja, O ^c   Phiri, S ^c   Lee, C H ^d   Tang, X ^d   Salaniponi, F M ^a   Harries, A D ^a   Squire, S B ^b  

^a National Tuberculosis Control Programme Malawi   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Lilongwe Central Hospital   (Malawi)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; HIV infections; Malawi; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumonia; Smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALAWI; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; REGISTER;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COHORT STUDIES; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; PNEUMOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; REGISTRIES; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0035406860     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(01)90197-X     Document Type: Article

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