Primary prophylaxis of disseminated histoplasmosis in HIV patients in French Guiana: Arguments for cost effectiveness

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1195-1198

  Nacher, Mathieu ^a   Adenis, Antoine ^a   Basurko, Celia ^a   Vantilcke, Vincent ^b   Blanchet, Denis ^a   Aznar, Christine ^a   Carme, Bernard ^a   Couppié, Pierre ^c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CAYENNE   (French Guiana)

^b Centre Hospitalier de l'Ouest Guyanais Service de Médecine   (French Guiana)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FRENCH GUIANA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPHYLAXIS;

EID: 84890322310     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0082     Document Type: Article

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