The immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome with tuberculosis: A common problem in Ethiopian HIV-infected patients beginning antiretroviral therapy

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-202

  Ali, Kedir ^a   Klotz, Stephen A ^b  

^a Dessie Referral Hospital   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; HIV AIDS; immune reconstitution; IRIS; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUBERCULOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLEURA DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOUS LYMPHADENITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COINFECTION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860765715     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109711402212     Document Type: Article

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