Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3419849 | Revue de Pneumologie Clinique | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The prevalence of HIV infection among adult patients with non-tuberculous purulent pleural effusion in Yaounde is high. HIV infection does not seem to have any impact on clinical, radiological and bacteriologic characteristics of patients suffering from purulent pleural effusion, but it seems to modify hematologic parameters of these patients. Failure of thoracocenthesis or chest tube drainage was significantly most frequent in HIV-infected patients.
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Authors
E.W. Pefura Yone, C. Kuaban, E. Afane Ze, L. Simo,