Dual infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae and Mycobacterium tuberculosis in HIV-seropositive patients with community acquired pneumonia

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1207-1208

  Schleicher, Gunter K ^a   Feldman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Pneumococcal; Pneumonia; TB

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0346994789     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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