Invasive fungal infections among inpatients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome at a Chinese university hospital

Mycoses

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Shen, Yin Zhong ^a   Qi, Tang Kai ^a   Ma, Jian Xin ^a   Jiang, Xue Yan ^a   Wang, Jiang Rong ^a   Xu, Qing Nian ^a   Huang, Qin ^a   Liu, Xi Nian ^a   Sun, Hong Qing ^a   Lu, Hong Zhou ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Antimycotic chemotherapy; Deep fungal infection; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; EFAVIRENZ; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; LAMIVUDINE; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HART (DEER); HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SUPERINFECTION; THRUSH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CHINA; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FUNGEMIA; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES;

CANDIDA ALBICANS;

EID: 35348946924     PISSN: 09337407     EISSN: 14390507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2007.01421.x     Document Type: Review

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