Characteristics and predictors of death among hospitalized HIV-infected patients in a low HIV prevalence country: Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Shahrin, Lubaba ^a   Leung, Daniel T ^a   Matin, Nashaba ^b   Pervez, Mohammed Moshtaq ^a   Azim, Tasnim ^a   Bardhan, Pradip Kumar ^a   Heffelfinger, James D ^c   Chisti, Mohammod Jobayer ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; BANGLADESH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TUBERCULOSIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915749582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113095     Document Type: Article

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