Diarrhea, CD4 counts and enteric infections in a hospital - Based cohort of HIV-infected patients around Varanasi, India

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Attili, Suresh V S ^a   Gulati, A K ^a   Singh, V P ^a   Varma, Datla Vivek ^a   Rai, M ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; FLUCONAZOLE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; H5R PROTEIN, VACCINIA VIRUS; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; ISOSPORA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; VIRUS LOAD; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33645545689     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-39     Document Type: Article

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