Diagnostic yield of bone marrow examination in HIV associated FUO in ART naïve patients

• Main Authors: Arindam Pande (Author), Maitreyee Bhattacharyya (Author), Shantasil Pain (Author), Anirban Ghosh (Author), Ajanta Samanta (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2010-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: A bone marrow (BM) aspiration and biopsy is often believed to be a much needed diagnostic procedure in the work up of patients with fever of unknown origin (FUO), especially in the setting of AIDS. Is it worthwhile to proceed with this invasive diagnostic method? The usefulness of a BM aspi...