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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Hematological particularities and co-infections in injected drug users with AIDS
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| Autores: |
Brunetta,Denise Menezes
De Santis,Gil Cunha
Vilar,Fernando Crivelenti
Brandão,Renata Amorim
Muniz,Renata Zomer de Albernaz
Lima,Geovana Momo Nogueira de
Amorelli-Chacel,Manuela Emiliana
Covas,Dimas Tadeu
Machado,Alcyone Artioli
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| Data: |
2013-12-01
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| Ano: |
2013
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| Palavras-chave: |
AIDS
Injected drug use
Anemia
HCV
Mycobacteria
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| Resumo: |
HIV patients infected through injected drug use have poorer prognosis than other groups. We evaluated the hematological alterations and rates of co-infections in injected drug use patients with AIDS. Injected drug use patients were younger, predominantly of male gender, and presented lower CD4, total lymphocyte, and platelet counts, but not neutrophil count, than control group. Injected drug use patients had a higher rate of hepatitis C and mycobacteria infection. Furthermore, all injected drug use patients with hemoglobin <10.0 g dL-1 and lymphocyte <1000 µL-1 had CD4 count lower than 100 µL-1. In conclusion, HIV-infected injected drug use patients constitute a special group of patients, and hemoglobin concentration and lymphocyte count can be used as surrogate markers for disease severity.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000600005
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1016/j.bjid.2013.03.010
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.17 n.6 2013
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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