Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Tropical and Low and Middle Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Lowe, David M ^a,b   Rangaka, Molebogeng X ^b   Gordon, Fabiana ^c   James, Chris D ^d,g   Miller, Robert F ^e,f  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Western Pacific Regional Office   (Philippines)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g Oxford Policy Management   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AGE; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 84880981331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069969     Document Type: Article

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