Frequency of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV infected patients in Tunisia;Frequence des pneumopathies a pneumocystis carinii chez le sujet infecte par vih en Tunisie

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-32

  Ennaifer Jerbi, Emna ^a   Louzir, Bechir ^b   Huerre, Michel ^c   Beji, Majed ^b   Tiouiri, Hanene ^b   Daghfous, Jalloul ^b   Ben Chaabane, Taoufik ^b   Boubaker, Samir ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Epidemiology; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUNISIA;

ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA;

EID: 0036048762     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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