Factors Associated with Esophageal Candidiasis and Its Endoscopic Severity in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Nishimura, So ^a   Nagata, Naoyoshi ^b   Shimbo, Takuro ^b   Asayama, Naoki ^b   Akiyama, Junichi ^b   Ohmagari, Norio ^b   Yazaki, Hirohisa ^b   Oka, Shinichi ^b   Uemura, Naomi ^a  

^a National Center for Global Health and Medicine   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROSCOPE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; KODSI GRADING; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; THRUSH; TREND STUDY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VIRAL LOAD;

CANDIDIA;

EID: 84875454499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058217     Document Type: Article

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