FEVER OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN IN PATIENTS WITH THE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME IN BRAZIL: REPORT ON 55 CASES

The medical records of patients with AIDS admitted to a general hospital in Brazil from 1989 to 1997 were reviewed retrospectively with the aim at defining the frequency and etiology of fever of undetermined origin (FUO) in HIV-infected patients of a tropical country and to evaluate the usefulness o...

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Main Authors: J. Roberto LAMBERTUCCI, Abdunnabi A.M. RAYES, Frank NUNES, Jairo Enrique LANDAZURI-PALACIOS, Vandack NOBRE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651999000100006&tlng=en