Clinical correlate of tuberculosis in HIV co-infected children at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-211

  Okechukwu, A A ^a   Okechukwu, O I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Co infection; Human immunodeficiency virus; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052459033     PISSN: 11193077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1119-3077.84018     Document Type: Article

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