HIV infection is associated with a lower incidence of constriction in presumed tuberculous pericarditis: A prospective observational study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Ntsekhe, Mpiko ^a   Wiysonge, Charles S ^b   Gumedze, Freedom ^a   Maartens, Gary ^a   Commerford, Patrick J ^a   Volmink, Jimmy A ^b,c   Mayosi, Bongani M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBERCULOUS PERICARDITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS, TUBERCULOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48449106126     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002253     Document Type: Article

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