Prevalence of opportunistic infections in AIDS patients in Mangalore, Karnataka

Dominic Saldanha; Nitika Gupta; Shalini Shenoy; Vishwas Saralaya

doi:10.1258/td.2007.070171

Prevalence of opportunistic infections in AIDS patients in Mangalore, Karnataka

Dominic Saldanha^*
, Nitika Gupta
, Shalini Shenoy
, Vishwas Saralaya

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore

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A study was conducted to determine the prevalence of opportunistic infections in HIV-seropositive patients at Kasturba Medical College Hospital, Mangalore. Three hundred and seven HIV-positive patients were screened for various opportunistic pathogens. Tuberculosis was the most common infection followed by candidiasis, cryptosporidiosis and cryptococcal meningitis.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	172-173
Number of pages	2
Journal	Tropical Doctor
Volume	38
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1258/td.2007.070171
Publication status	Published - 01-01-2008

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