Opportunistic Infections

New findings from D. Bendayan and co-authors describe advances in opportunistic infections

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, April 20th, 2010

According to a study from Israel, "Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection among people infected with human immunodeficiency virus and its first cause of morbidity and mortality. To analyze the characteristics of a population in Israel with both tuberculosis disease and HIV infection in order to identify factors that contribute to outcome."

"The study group comprised patients hospitalized in the Pulmonary and Tuberculosis Department of Shmuel Harofeh Hospital during the period January 2000 to December 2006. They were located by a computer search of the hospital registry and the pertinent data were collected. During the study period 1059 cases of active...

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Source: TB and Outbreaks Week (2010-04-20)

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