| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: seven cases in an addis ababa hospital. | 7 confirmed cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids), seen in the department of medicine, yekatit 12 hospital, addis ababa, nigeria, are presented. these are the 1st cases to be reported in ethiopia. the elisa and western blot tests were performed at the national research institute of health in addis ababa. attempts to trace possible sexual contacts of 3 cases were unsuccessful. family members of 2 cases were tested for hiv infection. 3 of the 7 patients presented with tuberculos ... | 1988 | 3416846 |
| cryptococcosis in patients from tikur anbessa hospital, addis ababa, ethiopia. | a study was done to investigate the occurrence of cryptococcus neoformans infection in patients admitted to tikur anbessa hospital. cryptococcus neoformans is an important opportunistic fungal pathogen in immunocompromised patients. the study was done over a period of 18 months, from october 1998 to april 2000. during this period, a total of 1088 cerebrospinal fluid (csf) specimens were sent to the bacteriology laboratory in tikur anbessa hospital, out of which 275 were subjected for india ink e ... | 2001 | 11921549 |