Human immunodeficiency virus testing in patients with newly-diagnosed tuberculosis in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 479-481

  Low, Su Ying ^a   Eng, P ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Pulmonary tuberculosis; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; TUBERCULOSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 67149127132     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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