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Profile of Fungal Lower Respiratory Tract Infections and CD4 Counts in HIV Positive Patients

Parvez Anwar Khan, Abida Malik, Nazish Fatima and M. Shameem

One hundred and sixty symptomatic confirmed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, of both sexes with lower respiratory tract infection were taken as a study population, and the clinicomycological profile was correlated with the immunological status of the patients with particular reference to CD4 counts. Relevant samples were collected and subjected to direct microscopy, fungal culture and antigen detection.