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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2020

The prevalence, risk factors and antifungal sensitivity pattern of oral candidiasis in HIV/AIDS patients in Kumba District Hospital, South West Region, Cameroon.

Ngwa Fabrice Ambe, Njunda Anna Longdoh, Patience Tebid, Tanyi Pride Bobga, Claude Ngwayu Nkfusai, Sangwe Bertrand Ngwa, Frankline Sanyuy Nsai, Samuel Nambile Cumber

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ngwa Fabrice AmbeDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Njunda Anna LongdohDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Patience TebidDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Tanyi Pride BobgaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Claude Ngwayu NkfusaiDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Sangwe Bertrand NgwaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Frankline Sanyuy NsaiDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon.
Samuel Nambile CumberOffice of the Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
University of Buea · CMUniversity of the Free State · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionOral candidiasis is one of the most common opportunistic infection in HIV/AIDS patient and it is caused by

methodsThis was a hospital based cross sectional study that was carried out for a period of 3 months amongst HIV/AIDS patients in Kumba District Hospital, whether on HAART or not. Mouth swabs were collected from 378 participants using sterile cotton wool swabs and 5ml venous blood were collected for determination of CD4 cell.

results

conclusionOral

Indexed as

Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntifungal AgentsAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCameroonCandidaCandidiasis, OralCross-Sectional StudiesDrug Resistance, FungalFemaleHIV InfectionsHospitals, DistrictHumansMaleMiddle AgedAntifungal AgentsantifungalCD4 cellHIV/AIDSoral candidiasis

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PMID32774600
PMCPMC7392032
OpenAlexW3027227181

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