Spectrum of Opportunistic Infections and Profile of CD4+ Counts among AIDS Patients in North India

Infection

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 336-340

  Vajpayee, M ^a   Kanswal, S ^a   Seth, P ^a   Wig, N ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOCUMENTATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SMEAR; THRUSH; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0141956448     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-003-3198-y     Document Type: Article

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