Pulmonary Involvement in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
TiJ’ore than 50 percent of patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have involvement of the lungs. The defects in cell-mediated immunity that characterize AIDS predispose to a...
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As the name of the syndrome implies, the most striking feature of AIDS is immunodeficiency. Although there are functional abnormalities in both T and В lymphocytes, it is the defects in cell-mediated...
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Spectrum and Incidence of Pulmonary Complications Data presented at a recent National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) workshop on the pulmonary complications of AIDS indicated that of 1,067...
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Pulmonary Evaluation Chest Roentgenogram The chest film is a valuable screening tool. At San Francisco General Hospital in 92 instances of pulmonary involvement with AIDS, comparison of chest films...
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Gallium Lung Scanning Gallium lung scanning has proved to be a very sensitive, although nonspecific, test for the presence of P carinii pneumonia. At San Francisco General Hospital, only one of 22...
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The routine examination of tissue specimens is summarized in Table 3. These procedures should identify the vast majority of known pathogens. The use of touch imprints made from tissue specimens and...
View ArticlePulmonary Involvement in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: Summary
Summary Utilizing the information presented above, a logical plan for the pulmonary evaluation of AIDS or suspected AIDS patients can be developed. The diagnostic approach is summarized in Figure 4....
View ArticlePulmonary Involvement in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: TMP-SMX
Based on available data, in patients with AIDS, neither TMP-SMX or pentamidine is clearly superior for first episodes of P carinii. There are, however, certain instances in which one or the other would...
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