| dc.contributor.advisor | Tabata, Hanani | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dele-Ijagbulu, Kemi Dorcas | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-03T07:43:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-12-03T07:43:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7659 | |
| dc.description | Master of Public Health - MPH | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Meningitis is a common opportunistic infection and an important cause of
mortality among people living with HIV and AIDS globally. This study investigated meningitis in adults living with HIV and AIDS admitted
to the medical wards of Livingstone tertiary hospital in Port Elizabeth in 2018 and determined
the prevalence of its aetiological types, clinical presentations, diagnostic challenges, treatment
outcomes and predictors of prognosis. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Meningitis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Cryptococcal meningitis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tuberculous meningitis | en_US |
| dc.subject | Opportunistic infection | en_US |
| dc.subject | HIV | en_US |
| dc.title | The aetiologies, clinical presentation, diagnostic difficulties and outcomes of meningitis among HIV-positive adults admitted to Livingstone hospital, Port Elizabeth | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of Western Cape | en_US |
