An autopsy study describing causes of death and comparing clinico-pathological findings among hospitalized patients in kampala, uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Cox, Janneke A ^a   Lukande, Robert L ^b   Nelson, Ann M ^c   Mayanja Kizza, Harriet ^b   Colebunders, Robert ^a,d   van Marck, Eric ^d   Manabe, Yukari C ^e,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; NONNUCLEOSIDE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SPUTUM SMEAR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UGANDA; VIRUS LOAD; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

EID: 84858233866     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033685     Document Type: Article

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