The diagnosis of multiple opportunistic infections in advanced stage AIDS: when Ockham's Razor doesn't cut it

• Main Authors: Marcos Vinicius Cardoso Pinheiro (Author), Yeh-Li Ho (Author), Antonio Carlos Nicodemo (Author), Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In the advanced stage of AIDS, the diagnosis of the opportunistic infections may be challenging due to the high risk of performing invasive diagnostic methods in a patient with a critical clinical condition, as well as the correct interpretation of the results of microbiological exams. One of the ch...