Epidemiology of opportunistic infections and its correlation with CD4 T-lymphocyte counts and plasma viral load among HIV-positive patients at a tertiary care hospital in India

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 333-337

  Gautam, Hitender ^a   Bhalla, Preena ^a   Saini, Sanjeev ^a   Uppal, Beena ^a   Kaur, Ravinder ^a   Baveja, Chander Prakash ^a   Dewan, Richa ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; CD4 T lymphocyte counts; plasma viral load; Pneumocystis jiroveci; pulmonary tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RISK; SHIGELLOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951240369     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109709346881     Document Type: Article

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