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Low uptake of antiretroviral therapy after admission with human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

, 2010
A prospective cohort study was conducted among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected in-patients with tuberculosis (TB) or other opportunistic infections (OIs) in South Africa to estimate subsequent antiretroviral therapy (ART) uptake and ...
Kappagoda, S, Kuritzkes, D R, Maphasa, K T M, Murphy, R A, Smeaton, L, Sunpath, H, Taha, B   +6 more
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A Meta‐Analysis on the Incidence and Associated Factors of Pulmonary Fungal Infections in Lung Cancer Patients: Evidence Predominantly From Chinese Studies in the Chinese and English Literature

Thoracic Cancer, Volume 17, Issue 6, March 2026.
This study aimed to estimate the incidence and risk factors of pulmonary fungal infections in lung cancer patients through a meta‐analysis of Chinese and English studies (up to April 2025). The findings indicated that: (1) Incidence: 14.0% (95% CI, 12.54%–15.45%); (2) Major Risk Factors: (a) Demographic: Age ≥ 60 years, male, smoking history.
Liping Deng, Rong Yu, Bei Chen
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Voices in the Band: A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful [PDF]

, 2015
[Excerpt] I wanted to write a book about my patients and my colleagues and how we made it through the roller-coaster last decade of the twentieth century, how we moved from helplessly watching our patients die to being able to offer them a treatment ...
Bell, Susan C
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Integrating tuberculosis and HIV services in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review.

, 2012
OBJECTIVES: Given the imperative to scale up integrated tuberculosis (TB) and HIV services in settings where both are of major public health importance, we aimed to synthesise knowledge concerning implementation of TB/HIV service integration.
Atun, Briggs, Dixon-Woods, Dong, Gandhi, Gunneberg, Harris, Hausler, Laserson, Levin, Maher, Martinot, Micek, Miti, Moher, Ramachandran, Shakarishvilli, Shetty, Shrestha, Ssemafumu, Sutton, Terris-Prestholt, The World Bank Group, Thomas, USAID, Uyei, Van Rie, Vassall, Vijay, Wandwalo, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, Zachariah   +36 more
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Adjunctive corticosteroids for Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in patients with HIV infection: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials [PDF]

, 2005
Background The objective of this study was to review the effects of adjunctive corticosteroids on overall mortality and the need for mechanical ventilation in HIV-infected patients with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) and substantial hypoxemia ...
Matthias Briel, Remy Boscacci, Hansjakob Furrer, Heiner C Bucher, JR Stringer, JE Kaplan, CJ Randall, CA Benson, TL Nielsen, S Gagnon, JS Montaner, M Clement, CJ Sistek, P Juni, JA Sterne, JP Higgins, JP Higgins, A Marx, SA Bozzette, V Jeantils, JS Montaner, S Walmsley, DT Fisk, KA Sepkowitz, MW Lambertus, MR Nelson, JE Gallant, JG Pareja   +27 more
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High prevalence of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia among Mozambican children < 5 years of age admitted to hospital with clinical severe pneumonia [PDF]

, 2016
We aimed to describe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) prevalence and features in children from sub-Saharan Africa, and to investigate PCP-associated risk factors.
Acácio, Sozinho, Alonso, Pedro, Bassat Orellana, Quique, Calderon, Enrique J., Campano, E., Friaza, Vicente, Horra, C. de la, Lanaspa, Miguel, Machevo, Sonia, Madrid, Lola, Nhampossa, Tacilta, O'Callaghan Gordo, Cristina, Roca, A.   +12 more
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Incidence of RSV‐ and Influenza‐Associated Hospitalizations With Community‐Acquired Pneumonia and Other Acute Respiratory Infection Among Adults in Japan in 2022–2024: APSG‐J2 Study

Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses, Volume 20, Issue 3, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Background Quantifying the burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults is challenging compared to influenza, and data among older adults remain scarce in Japan. Country‐specific evidence is essential to support RSV vaccination policy.
Haruka Maeda, Shingo Masuda, Bhim Gopal Dhoubhadel, Yuka Fujita, Yuji Akiba, Yutaka Nishigaki, Kei Nakashima, Hiroyuki Ito, Masayuki Nogi, Yoshihito Otsuka, Masayuki Ishida, Eiji Takeuchi, Norichika Asoh, Toyomitsu Sawai, Koichi Hayakawa, Eileen M. Dunne, Claudia Schwarz, Bradford D. Gessner, Elizabeth Begier, Shuhei Ito, Ataru Igarashi, Shinobu Osanai, Konosuke Morimoto, Koya Ariyoshi, Adult Pneumonia Study Group‐Japan 2 (APSG‐J2)   +24 more
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Risk Factors for Breakthrough Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia on Aerosol Pentamidine Prophylaxis

Canadian Respiratory Journal, 1995
OBJECTIVE: To identify baseline characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals on aerosol pentamidine for Pneumocystis carinii prophylaxis that are predictive of subsequent breakthrough Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP).
RA McIvor, AR Rachlis, P Berger, LR Lee Pack, Charles K Chan   +4 more
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Serum markers in interstitial pneumonia with and without Pneumocystis jirovecii colonization: a prospective study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2009
Background In patients with chronic respiratory disease, Pneumocystis jirovecii (P. jirovecii) colonization is observed, and may influence disease progression and systemic inflammation.
Shimizu Yasuo, Sunaga Noriaki, Dobashi Kunio, Fueki Makoto, Fueki Naoto, Makino Sohei, Mori Masatomo   +6 more
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Pneumocystis pneumonia.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 2000
No Abstract.
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