| malaria in injection drug abusers in vietnam. | a prospective case-control study was conducted in a referral hospital in ho chi minh city, vietnam, to compare the clinical and laboratory features and outcome of severe falciparum malaria in injection drug abusers (idas) with those of patients who had acquired malaria by mosquito bite. from 1991 to 1996, 70 idas were admitted to the hospital, of whom at least 32 had acquired malaria by needle sharing. although idas were more likely than control patients with severe malaria to be malnourished an ... | 2002 | 11981726 |
| clinical and biological characteristics of human immunodeficiency virus-infected and uninfected intravascular drug users in ho chi minh city, vietnam. | to define the medical characteristics of intravascular drug users in ho chi minh city, vietnam, we examined 280 men, of whom 235 were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), being treated in a rehabilitation center. the patients used mainly opium, often in shooting galleries (50%). the prevalence of oral candidiasis (58%) and zoster infection (20%) was high in hiv-seropositive patients, whereas oral hairy leukoplasia and kaposi's sarcoma were absent. the prevalence of acquired immunode ... | 1999 | 10497983 |