Profile of cause of death assigned to adults on antiretroviral therapy in Soweto

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 680-682

  Karstaedt, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EFAVIRENZ; ETHAMBUTOL; LAMIVUDINE; RIFAMPICIN; STAVUDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY DISEASE; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84864409237     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.5369     Document Type: Article

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