Clinical and laboratory profile of HIV-positive patients at the moment of diagnosis in Bahia, Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 395-398

  Sá, Márcia Sampaio ^a,b   Sampaio, Julio ^b   Haguihara, Thiago ^b   Ventin, Fernando Oak ^b   Brites, Carlos ^b  

^a Secretaria da Saude do Estado da Bahia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Brazil; HIV infection; Stage of disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAZIL; CACHEXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATITIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HERPES ZOSTER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPLAKIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; POVERTY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOM; THRUSH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 34948887685     PISSN: 14138670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-86702007000400004     Document Type: Article

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