Pneumocystis carinii (jirovecii) pneumonia (PCP): The most common opportunistic infection observed in HIV/AIDS cases at the University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 825-831

  Jamaiah, I ^a   Rohela, M ^a   Tok, E L ^a   Tan, C L ^a   Tan, W H ^a   Teo, W S ^a   Leow, H L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Hiv aids patients; Malaysia; Opportunistic infection; Pneumocystis jirovecii

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMORBIDITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84868609258     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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