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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Reports outline HIV/AIDS co-infection research from A.A. Figueiredo and colleagues
September 16th, 2008
According to a study from Brazil, " A 38-year-old man with AIDS presented to hospital with a 3-month history of fevers, bilateral lumbar pain, dysuria and increased urinary frequency. Six years earlier he had received 6 months' treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis." "At presentation, he was on antiretroviral therapy with a combination of efavirenz, stavudine and lamivudine. Investigations Physical examination, evaluation of HIV viral load, CD4 count, measurement of serum hemoglobin concentration, white blood cell count, urinalysis, urine culture for usual pathogens, direct smear and urine culture for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, chest radiography, abdominal CT,...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-09-16)
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