Occurrence of Pneumocystis carinii in HIV-positive patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Ethiopia

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 435-440

  Aderaye, Getachew ^a   Bruchfeld, Judith ^b   Olsson, Mats ^c   Lindquist, Lars ^b  

^a Black Lion Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HIV; IF; PCP; PCR; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PATIENT; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; SPUTUM CULTURE; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHIOPIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; PREVALENCE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0037436195     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200302140-00018     Document Type: Article

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