Aetiology and presentation of HIV/AIDS-associated pulmonary infections in patients presenting for bronchoscopy at a referral hospital in Northern Tanzania

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 420-428

  Kibiki, G S ^a,e   Beckers, P ^b   Mulder, B ^c   Arens, T ^b   Mueller, A ^a,d   Boeree, M J ^b   Shao, J F ^a   Van Der Ven, A J A M ^b   Diefenthal, H ^a   Dolmans, W M V ^a,b  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Public Health   (Netherlands)

^d Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

^e TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 36348991911     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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