Prevalence and profile of pulmonary fungal pathogens among HIV-infected patients attending University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

• Main Authors: Muhammad Talle (Author), Ibrahim M Hamidu (Author), Idris-Abdullahi Nasir (Author), Abubakar Mursal (Author), Kalama B Dikwa (Author), Mustapha Jelili (Author), Peter O Musa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Fungal infections in lungs are being diagnosed with increasing frequency. This is related to the increased immunocompromised status and hygienic factors among patients. In view of this, the present study sought to isolate, identify, and determine the prevalence of pathogenic fungi in HIV-...