| clinical features of tuberculosis associated with hiv infection in taiwan. | to understand the clinical characteristics and outcome of tuberculosis (tb) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in taiwan, we reviewed the medical records of 118 adult aids patients who were hospitalized at national taiwan university hospital between january 1988 and september 1995. among them, 29 (24.6%) had tb. the mean age of the aids patients with tb was 37 years (range, 25-66 yr). most patients were in the advanced stages of aids when human immunodeficiency virus (hiv ... | 1996 | 9000809 |
| encephalitis in taiwan: a prospective hospital-based study. | to investigate encephalitis in taiwan, a multicenter study was conducted with patients who had acute severe neurological dysfunction and suspected encephalitis from may 2000 to december 2001. demographic data such as age, sex, and seasons were analyzed. polymerase chain reaction analyses were performed to determine the microbiologic diagnosis. the patients included 73 males and 54 females, with a peak age of 10-40 years old. microbiologic diagnoses in 86 (69%) of 124 cases involved herpes simple ... | 2003 | 14695429 |