Retinal examination can help identify disseminated tuberculosis in patients with HIV/AIDS

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 310-312

  Saranchuk, Peter ^a   Bedelu, Martha ^b   Heiden, David ^c,d  

^a South African Medical Unit   (South Africa)

^b Medicines Sans Frontier   (South Africa)

^c CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Seva Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AUTOPSY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHOROIDAL TUBERCULOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS RETINITIS; DEATH; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LETTER; MICROSCOPY; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; MYDRIASIS; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA EXAMINATION; SEPSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BACTEREMIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84871788710     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis828     Document Type: Letter

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