Leucocyte count and C-reactive protein cannot be relied upon in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in HIV-infected patients

BACKGROUND: South Africa has the highest prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the world, and is commonly found in association with appendicitis. Atypical presentation of appendicitis in the presence of HIV infection makes clinical diagnosis of appendicitis unreliable, and in...

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Autores principales: Truter, M, Karusseit, V O L, Montwedi, D, Becker, P, Mokoena, T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2021
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33609375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa016

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7893458/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33609375
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsopen/zraa016

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