Epidemic of AIDS related virus infection among intravenous drug abusers.
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Osteoarticular infection in intravenous drug abusers: influence of HIV infection and differences with non drug abusers.
OBJECTIVES To determine (a) the influence of HIV in developing osteoarticular infections in intravenous drug abusers (IVDAs) and (b) the differences between the clinical features of osteoarticular infections in IVDAs and a control group of non-IVDAs. METHODS A comparative study of the clinical features of osteoarticular infections in all HIV positive and HIV negative IVDAs admitted to the dep...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.292.6536.1671-c