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Malaria an opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patients? – A Nigerian experience [PDF]

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2022
Background: HIV and malaria interact at the level of the host’s susceptibility to infection, but little is known about the effect of HIV on malaria infection in Nigeria.
Joseph N. Enuma, Felix O. Sanni, Malau B. Matur, Njab E. Jean, Tosan Erhabor, Iheukwumere I. Egbulefu   +5 more
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Macrophages as drivers of an opportunistic infection [PDF]

Microbial Cell, 2017
Opportunistic pathogens are a worldwide cause of mortality and morbidity, and infections with intrinsically antibiotic-resistant pathogens have a large clinical, social and economic impact.
Annette C. Vergunst, Nazareth Lopez Carranza, Lili Zhang, Margarida C. Gomes, Yara Tasrini, Annemarie H. Meijer, David O’Callaghan   +6 more
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Syntheses, Characterization, and Antibacterial Evaluation of P. grandiflora Extracts Conjugated with Gold Nanoparticles

Journal of Nanotechnology, 2021
Background. With the recent increase in antibiotic resistance to conventional antibiotics, gold nanoparticles, and medicinal plants, extracts present an interesting alternative. Objectives.
A. Murei, K. Pillay, A. Samie
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Association of genetic polymorphism at tumor necrosis factor-α gene promoter - 1031T/C and parasitic infections among children in Northern South Africa

Heliyon, 2020
Intestinal parasitic diseases are common in developing countries including South Africa and have been documented to be the most common in children under the age of five. The present study aimed to identify any potential association that may exist between
N.C. Davhana, A.K. ElBakri, P.O. Bessong, A. Samie   +3 more
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Development of opportunistic lesions in patients with HIV infection in the absence of pronounced immunodeficiency [PDF]

Терапевтический архив, 2018
Research objective. Statistical data concerning patients with opportunistic infections depending on parameters of immunity and the description of a number of clinical cases of development of opportunistic lesions in patients with HIV infection in the ...
T N Ermak, A V Kravtchenko, V I Shakhgildyan, A B Peregudova, M D Goliusova, M S Yadrikhinskaya   +5 more
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SPECTRUM OF OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTIONS IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, JHARKHAND, EAST INDIA.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2023
Background: HIV infection continues to be a major health problem with more than millions of AIDS-related death annually. As CD4+ cell count decreases in HIV/AIDS patients, the risk of opportunistic fungal infections increases resulting in high ...
Ashok Kumar Sharma, Manju Boipai, Kumari Seema, Abhay Kumar, Manoj Kumar   +4 more
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Incidence of Opportunistic Infections Among Adult HIV Positive People Receiving Co-trimoxazole Prophylaxis [PDF]

, 2015
In Ethiopia, Co-trimoxazole prophylaxis therapy (CPT) used to prevent opportunistic infections among people living with HIV is the standard of practice; however incidence of opportunistic infection and their predictors are rarely documented in the ...
G, Y. T. (Yihun), Jerene, D. (Degu), Tamiso, A. (Alemu), Yaya, Y. (Yaliso)   +3 more
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Clinical expression and antigenic profiles of a Plasmodium vivax vaccine candidate: merozoite surface protein 7 (PvMSP-7)

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Vivax malaria is the predominant form of malaria outside Africa, affecting about 14 million people worldwide, with about 2.5 billion people exposed.
Chew Weng Cheng, Somchai Jongwutiwes, Chaturong Putaporntip, Andrew P. Jackson   +3 more
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Rare nocardiosis in danish patient with diabetes

European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2021
We herein report a rare case that describes and visualizes nocardiosis in a patient with diabetes. The patient presented with recurring fever, gout, leg pain, frailty and muscular pain through nine months, before a core needle biopsi, from an abscess in ...
Cecilie Norup Thomsen, Søren Sperling, Joan Fledelius, Pia Holland Gjørup   +3 more
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Highlights from the 24th conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections, 13-16 February 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA [PDF]

, 2017
From the 13th to 16th February 2017, researchers from around the world convened for the 24th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Bhagani, Sanjay, Colby, Donn J, Crowell, Trevor A, Gathogo, Esther N, Hill, Andrew, Hsu, Denise, Kinloch, Sabine, Lyall, Hermione, Malatinková, Eva, Polyak, Christina, Psomas, Christina, Trypsteen, Wim, Vandekerckhove, Linos   +12 more
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