Abstract:
:A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV-seropositive patients at Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. Three hundred and seven HIV-positive patients were screened for various opportunistic pathogens. Tuberculosis was the most common infection followed by candidiasis, cryptosporidiosis and cryptococcal meningitis.
journal_name
Trop Doctjournal_title
Tropical doctorauthors
Saldanha D,Gupta N,Shenoy S,Saralaya Vdoi
10.1258/td.2007.070171subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-07-01 00:00:00pages
172-3issue
3eissn
0049-4755issn
1758-1133pii
38/3/172journal_volume
38pub_type
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