Prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV-positive patients in Bahrain: A four-year review (2009-2013)

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 060-069

  Saeed, Nermin K ^a   Farid, Eman ^a   Jamsheer, Afaf E ^a  

^a Department of Pathology Microbiology Immunology Section Salmaniya Medical Complex   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

AIDS; CD4 count; CD4 CD8 ratio; HIV; Opportunistic infections

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BAHRAIN; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CHILD; CITROBACTER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; COMPLICATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; BAHRAIN; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921290273     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.4997     Document Type: Article

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