title: Clinical study of HIV disease in the lower area of northern Thailand in 1994.
abstract: Seventy-seven HIV-positive patients admitted to Budhachinaraj Hospital between February and July 1994 were studied. The sex ratio between male and female was 4.1:1 The majority of cases were sexually transmitted. There were 25 cases of symptomatic HIV and 52 cases of full-blown AIDS. The treatment in this study was both medical and psychological. Cryptococcal infection is common in the lower area of northern provinces. Zidovudine has not been widely used. The AIDS patients died of P. carinii pneumonia, cryptococcal meningitis, tuberculous meningitis and toxoplasmic encephalitis respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Drug Abuse, Budhachinaraj Hospital, Phitsanulok, Thailand.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Swasdisevi
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology