Microbiological infections in HIV positive bahraini patients with low CD4+ T-lymphocyte count

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 160-170

  Ebrahim, Reda Ali ^a   Farid, Eman M A ^a   Yousif, Aziz ^a   Jamsheer, Afaf E ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL CELL CULTURE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BAHRAIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BAHRAIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1242332480     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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