Tuberculosis in aids patients

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 60-64

  Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^b   Lee, Christopher ^a   Ithoi, Init ^b   Yik, Fong Mun ^b   Abdullah, Khairul Anuar ^b  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

AIDS; Malaysia; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HELPER CELL; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM; TUBERCULOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 4344564992     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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