Molecular diagnosis of central nervous system opportunistic infections in HIV-infected Zambian adults.

Siddiqi, Omar K; Ghebremichael, Musie; Dang, Xin; Atadzhanov, Masharip; Kaonga, Patrick; Khoury, Michael N; Koralnik, Igor J

Siddiqi, Omar K; Ghebremichael, Musie; Dang, Xin; Atadzhanov, Masharip; Kaonga, Patrick; Khoury, Michael N; Koralnik, Igor J.

Affiliation

Siddiqi OK; Division of Neuro-Virology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka.
Ghebremichael M; Harvard Medical School and Ragon Institute of Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University, Boston.
Dang X; Division of Neuro-Virology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Atadzhanov M; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka.
Kaonga P; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zambia School of Medicine, Lusaka.
Khoury MN; Division of Neuro-Virology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
Koralnik IJ; Division of Neuro-Virology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.

Clin Infect Dis ; 58(12): 1771-7, 2014 Jun.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24668125

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AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/diagnosis; Bacterial Infections/diagnosis; Central Nervous System Infections/diagnosis; DNA/cerebrospinal fluid; Herpesviridae/genetics; Virus Diseases/diagnosis; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/cerebrospinal fluid; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/mortality; Adult; Bacterial Infections/cerebrospinal fluid; Bacterial Infections/mortality; CD4 Lymphocyte Count; Central Nervous System Infections/cerebrospinal fluid; Central Nervous System Infections/mortality; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cryptococcosis/cerebrospinal fluid; Cryptococcosis/diagnosis; Cryptococcosis/mortality; Cryptococcus/genetics; DNA, Bacterial/cerebrospinal fluid; DNA, Fungal/cerebrospinal fluid; DNA, Protozoan/cerebrospinal fluid; DNA, Viral/cerebrospinal fluid; Female; Humans; JC Virus/genetics; Male; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Mycobacterium tuberculosis/genetics; Neisseria meningitidis/genetics; Seizures/microbiology; Seizures/parasitology; Streptococcus pneumoniae/genetics; Toxoplasma/genetics; Toxoplasmosis/cerebrospinal fluid; Toxoplasmosis/diagnosis; Virus Diseases/cerebrospinal fluid; Virus Diseases/mortality; Zambia

Key words

HIV; PCR; Zambia; cerebrospinal fluid; opportunistic infections

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bacterial Infections / Virus Diseases / DNA / Central Nervous System Infections / AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Herpesviridae Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Observational_studies / Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Year: 2014 Type: Article

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