Lost opportunities to complete CD4+ lymphocyte testing among patients who tested positive for HIV in South Africa

• Egile Nagusiak: Bruce A Larson (Egilea), Alana Brennan (Egilea), Lynne McNamara (Egilea), Lawrence Long (Egilea), Sydney Rosen (Egilea), Ian Sanne (Egilea), Matthew P Fox (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: The World Health Organization, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
• Sarrera elektronikoa: Connect to this object online.

OBJECTIVE: To estimate rates of completion of CD4+ lymphocyte testing (CD4 testing) within 12 weeks of testing positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at a large HIV/AIDS clinic in South Africa, and to identify clinical and demographic predictors for completion. METHODS: In our study, CD4 te...