AIDS-related opportunistic infections in hospital Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 187-192

  Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^b   Lee, Christopher ^a   Fatt, Quek Kia ^b   Abdullah, Khairul Anuar ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; FANSIDAR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENCEPHALITIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FUNGAL MENINGITIS; HELPER CELL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 1142275067     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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