Profile of HIV associated tuberculosis at a tertiary institute in setting of free anti-retroviral therapy

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 685-690

  Agarwal, Upasna ^a   Kumar, Amitabh ^a   Behera, Digamber ^b  

^a ART Centre   (India)

^b LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHEMISTRY; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INDIA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPUTUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350168311     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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