AIDS patient care and STDs
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AIDS Patient Care STDS · Dec 1996
Invasive pneumococcal infections in children infected with HIV are not associated with splenic dysfunction.
Children infected with HIV-1 are more likely to acquire infections associated with the encapsulated bacterial pathogens of childhood than their non-HIV-infected peers. The goal of the current study was to determine what proportion of community-acquired, invasive pneumococcal disease in HIV-infected children could be attributed to splenic dysfunction, as measured by enumerating the number of pocked red blood cells (RBCs) in peripheral blood. ⋯ Splenic dysfunction, as measured by the pocked RBC count, does not account for the increased occurrence of invasive pneumococcal disease found in children infected with HIV.
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AIDS Patient Care STDS · Apr 1996
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialFamciclovir effective in suppressing recurrent genital herpes.
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AIDS Patient Care STDS · Apr 1996
Case ReportsChemical pleurodesis for spontaneous pneumothorax in a patient with AIDS.
Persistent air leak and failure of the lung to expand completely after closed thoracostomy complicate the course of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with AIDS. In such cases, attempts to discontinue chest tube drainage may fail. The following is a case of a patient with AIDS and spontaneous pneumothorax who responded to chemical pleurodesis with tetracycline.