Infections in the Abnormal Host. Grieco MH, ed. New York, Yorke Medical Books, 1035 pp., 1980.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/82601545
Siegal FP; Pahwa S; Pahwa R; Dept. Medicine, Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Defects in T and B cell mediated inflammatory mechanisms are reviewed. Cell mediated immunity defects are often associated with certain tumors, particularly Hodgkin s disease, squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck, and colon carcinoma. Specific syndromes of primary immunodeficiency are among other topics discus
N Engl J Med. 1981 Dec 10;305(24):1431-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82057986
Masur H; Michelis MA; Greene JB; Onorato I; Stouwe RA; Holzman RS; Wormser G; Brettman L; Lange M; Murray HW; Cunningham-Rundles S
Eleven cases of community-acquired Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia occurred between 1979 and 1981 and prompted clinical and immunologic evaluation of the patients. Young men who were drug abusers (seven patients), homosexuals (six), or both (two) presented with pneumonia. Immunologic testing revealed that absolute lymp
N Engl J Med. 1981 Dec 10;305(24):1425-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82057985
Gottlieb MS; Schroff R; Schanker HM; Weisman JD; Fan PT; Wolf RA; Saxon A
Four previously healthy homosexual men contracted Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, extensive mucosal candidiasis, and multiple viral infections. In three of the patients these infections followed prolonged fevers of unknown origin. In all four cytomegalovirus was recovered from secr
N Engl J Med. 1981 Dec 10;305(24):1439-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/82057987
Siegal FP; Lopez C; Hammer GS; Brown AE; Kornfeld SJ; Gold J; Hassett J; Hirschman SZ; Cunningham-Rundles C; Adelsberg BR; et al
Four homosexual men presented with gradually enlarging perianal ulcers, from which herpes simplex virus was cultured. Each patient had a prolonged course characterized by eight loss, fever, and evidence of infection by other opportunistic microorganisms including cytomegalovirus , P