Laboratory features for presumptive diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1340-1343

  Dos Santos, Rodrigo Pires ^a   Scheid, K L ^a   Goldani, L Z ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; Mycobacteria; Non tuberculous mycobacteria; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MIXED INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE NECROSIS; VIRUS LOAD;

EID: 56249103461     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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