A simple clinical and paraclinical score predictive of CD4 cell counts below 400/mm3 in HIV-infected adults in Dakar University Hospital, Senegal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-172

  Pistone, T ^a,c   Kony, S ^a   Faye Niang, M A ^b   Ndour, C T ^b   Gueye, P M ^b   Henzel, D ^a   Delaporte, E ^a   Badiane, S ^b   N'Doye, I ^b   Coulaud, J P ^a   Larouze B ^a,c   Bouchaud, O ^a,d  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dakar   (Senegal)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocytes; Chemoprophylaxis; Clinical score; Co trimoxazole; HIV infections; Senegal

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; TUBERCULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DRUG INDICATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PRESCRIPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

HERPES; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18444396882     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90292-0     Document Type: Article

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