opportunistic infections
Comparing the burdens of opportunistic infections among patients with systemic rheumatic diseases: a nationally representative cohort study
... Previous studies have indicated that SLE patients have higher rates of bacterial infection or OI than the general population [1, 2], which has been attributed to various factors. For example, several immune abnormalities ...
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Optimizing Predictive Mining Techniques in HIV Related Opportunistic Infections: Case for Botswana
... An opportunistic infection(OI) is an infection caused by pathogens, particularly opportunistic pathogens those that take advantage of certain situations such as bacterial, viral, fungal or protozoan ...
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Frequency and distribution patterns of opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Uganda
... The study obtained observational data from the AIDS support organization (TASO) known to be the oldest and largest HIV/AIDS care and treatment program in Uganda and sub-Saharan Africa. TASO was founded in 1987 and has 11 ...
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Traditional health practitioners’ perceptions, herbal treatment and management of HIV and related opportunistic infections
... South Africa has a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS and a plethora of related opportunistic infections (OIs) including tuberculosis (TB), herpes zoster and candidiasis. About 6.4 million South Africans were ...
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Opportunistic infections in HIV infected children and its correlation with CD4 count
... With the increased availability of equipment to perform CD4 counts and the knowledge that CD4 cells were the primary target of HIV, the determination of CD4 count became the standard measure of immunodeficiency in HIV ...
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Molecular diagnosis of central nervous system opportunistic infections and mortality in HIV-infected adults in Central China
... CNS infections among hospitalized patients living with HIV/AIDS in a compre- hensive Chinese ...CNS opportunistic infections are at high risk of death; thus, efforts should be focused in improving ...
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Antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of opportunistic infections in HIV/AIDS patients: a critical appraisal
... of opportunistic infections ...bacterial infections and has an important role to play in preventing life-threatening ...AIDS, opportunistic infections, treatment, ...
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Use of traditional medicines in the management of HIV/AIDS opportunistic infections in Tanzania: a case in the Bukoba rural district
... rial opportunistic infections that result from immunosup- pression [Bii, 2001-unpublished ...These infections have been reported from the early days of the HIV/AIDS pandemic [6] and are one of the ...
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HIV Hospital Admissions Attributable to Specific Opportunistic Infections and Factors Associated with Them at a Botswana Referral Hospital
... The challenge of controlling and preventing opportunistic infections (OIs) among people living with HIV (PLWH) is brought about by numerous factors. Some of these factors are biomedical like CD4-cell count, ...
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Systematic review and meta-analysis: Opportunistic infections and malignancies during treatment with anti-integrin antibodies in inflammatory bowel disease
... malignancy or no malignancy). The following data were also extracted for each trial, where available: number of centres, country of origin, geographical region, disease type (UC or CD) and distribution, dosage and ...
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The prevalence of opportunistic infections and malignancies in autopsied patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Japan
... Opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP), cytomegalovirus (CMV), non-tuber culous mycobacteria (NTM), and fungal infections are frequently found in patients with ...
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A study of clinical spectrum of opportunistic infections in HIV infected children and its correlation with CD4 count and anti-retroviral therapy
... The history including demographic details and clinical symptoms as well as examination findings were noted in a pre-designed proforma. Children with symptoms and signs suggestive of any opportunistic ...
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Prevalence and profile of bacterial, fungal and parasitic opportunistic infections in people living with HIV/AIDS
... for opportunistic infections is based chiefly on CD4 count(<200cells/µl) (9) ...the opportunistic infections can be prevented or effectively treated, which will not only prolong the life ...
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Spectrum of opportunistic infections with correlation to CD4 counts in newly diagnosed HIV seropositive cases
... of opportunistic pathogens among people living with HIV in India have been reported and are limited to place and ...of opportunistic infections and identify the frequent pathogens affecting the HIV ...
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The State of Research for AIDS-Associated Opportunistic Infections and the Importance of Sustaining Smaller Research Communities
... of infections caused by a number of previously unheard-of or rare ...of infections was termed “opportunistic infections” (OIs) and indicated the pres- ence of a severely damaged immune system, ...
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The influence of probiotic bacteria and human gut microorganisms causing opportunistic infections on Blastocystis ST3
... causing opportunistic infections Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) as well as Candida albicans (ATCC 64548) and Candida glabrata (ATCC 15126) isolates were used in the present ...
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Magnitude of opportunistic infections and associated factors in HIV-infected adults on antiretroviral therapy in eastern Ethiopia
... Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of opportunistic infections (OIs) and associated factors among HIV-infected adults on anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in Hiwot[r] ...
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Profile of HIV Patients with Opportunistic Infections attending Antiretroviral Therapy Centre and Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai
... Senya C et al (78) in 2003 reviewed 381 HIV-infected patients admitted to a public hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia over last 6 months. They found that the in-hospital mortality rate was 43.6%. Approximately 50% of ...
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Trends in prevalence of selected opportunistic infections associated with HIV/AIDS in Uganda
... Uganda are generally the same. There may also have been a possibility that some OIs went away undiagnosed or were not recorded during clinic visits as was reported in a previous study conducted in Uganda [64]. Though we ...
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“Opportunistic infections and disease implications in HIV/AIDS.”
... to opportunistic infections. Large battery of infections wreaks havoc on patients' health, ultimately causing ...of infections; however it is very ...
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