Gastro-intestinal Mycobacterium avium complex as a cause of anaemia

• Auteurs principaux: Annemarie van de Vyver (Auteur), Adele Visser (Auteur)
• Format: Livre
• Publié: AOSIS, 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Sujets: article
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Anaemia is a relatively common finding in HIV-positive patients, with rates (among females) as high as 37%, compared with their HIV negative counterparts (17%). Anaemia of chronic disease plays a very important role in this population group, and is estimated to occur in 18 - 95% of cases. For this r...