| 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 |
| current status of human parasitic infections in taiwan. | the eradication of the 2 mosquito-borne parasitic diseases, malaria and lymphatic filariasis, is one of the greatest achievements of the parasite control campaigns in taiwan. most of the soil-transmitted nematode infections, with the exception of pinworm infection, are currently well controlled and limited to some aboriginal areas. food-borne parasitic zoonosis such as infections with angiostrongylus cantonensis, clonorchis sinensis, and taenia saginata asiatica are not rare, but the former is s ... | 2001 | 11605804 |