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HIV, appendectomy and postoperative complications at a reference hospital in Northwest Tanzania: cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Appendicitis is a frequent surgical emergency worldwide. The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of HIV, and the association of infection with clinical, intraoperative and histological findings and outcome, among patients with appendicitis. METHODS: We performed a cro...

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Autores principales: Giiti, Geofrey C, Mazigo, Humphrey D, Heukelbach, Jorg, Mahalu, William
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3022665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21190572
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-6405-7-47