Four-year study of abdominal ultrasound in 900 Central African adults with AIDS referred for diagnostic imaging.

摘要: Background: In the majority of sub-Saharan African countries, absence computed tomography facilities makes abdominal ultrasound (US) an alternative diagnostic tool in clinical investigation infectious and noninfectious complications human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–infected individuals. We studied US findings Central adult AIDS patients to determine whether were consistent between different population groups neighboring countries. performed a longitudinal study age- sex-matched HIV-negative adults referred for at two tertiary referral city hospitals: Gecamines Sendwe Hospital (GSH), Lubumbashi, Congo, University Teaching (UTH), Lusaka, Zambia.