| clinical characteristics and natural history of human immunodeficiency virus infected patients seen at a general hospital in singapore. | the number of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in singapore has risen over the years. a considerable proportion of them present with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). in this study, we document the clinical characteristics and natural history of a consecutive series of 50 patients who were found to have hiv infection when they were seen at a tertiary care hospital. the majority were in the 30 to 49 age group and the most common mode of acquisition was heterosex ... | 1997 | 9494659 |
| emerging pathogens for pneumonia in singapore. | the death rate from pneumonia in singapore has increased steadily over the past decade. the emerging respiratory pathogens may have contributed to this increased mortality. new challenges have arisen from changes in the characteristics of the host and the susceptibilities of the various pathogens to antibiotics. there has been a 60-fold increase in the incidence of penicillin resistance in streptococcus pneumoniae, the major pathogen for community-acquired pneumonia (cap). gram-negative bacilli ... | 1997 | 9494674 |
| the demography, clinical manifestations and natural history of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in an older population in singapore. | in this retrospective study, we report 43 cases (41 males and 2 females) of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in the singapore population aged 50 years and above at first presentation. we found an increasing proportion of these older individuals among our hiv-seropositive patients; from 4.8% in 1991 to 16.7% by mid-1996. the mean age at presentation was 59.2 years (range 50 to 75 years). they were mainly heterosexuals (93%) and the majority (79.1%) were previously or currently married ... | 1997 | 9522969 |
| human immunodeficiency virus infection in singapore--the first 50 cases. | as at 31 may 1990, fifty singaporeans with the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection had been detected. of these, nineteen had the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). the majority of infected persons had been infected through sexual contact (homosexual 52%; bisexual 24%; heterosexual 20%) with men and women from countries where hiv infection was prevalent. the majority of infected patients (88%) were in the age range 20-39 years. there was one case of blood transfusion-associated a ... | 1990 | 2281356 |
| aids-defining illnesses among patients with hiv in singapore, 1985 to 2001: results from the singapore hiv observational cohort study (shocs). | the objective was to describe the causes of initial and overall aids-defining disease episodes among hiv patients in singapore. | 2004 | 15538953 |