Open AccessCandidaesophagitis: Risk factors in non-HIV population in Pakistan
Author(s) -
Javed Yakoob,
Wasim Jafri,
Shahab Abid,
Nadim Jafri,
Muhammad Islam,
Saeed Hamid,
Hasnain Ali Shah,
Akbar Shah Hussainy
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v9.i10.2328
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagitis , esophagogastroduodenoscopy , dysphagia , gastroenterology , diabetes mellitus , population , esophageal candidiasis , abdominal pain , epigastric pain , surgery , endoscopy , disease , immunology , vomiting , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral disease , environmental health , reflux , endocrinology
Candida esophagitis is a frequent infection in immunocompromised patients. This study was designed to determine its characteristics in non- human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infected patients attending a teaching hospital.