Appendicitis in HIV-infected patients during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy

HIV Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 421-426

  Crum Cianflone, Nancy ^a,b   Weekes, J ^a,b   Bavaro, M ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Appendicitis; HIV; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; TENOFOVIR; VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEROCONVERSION; UNITED STATES; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; APPENDICITIS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47649128225     PISSN: 14642662     EISSN: 14681293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1293.2008.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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