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[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and opportunistic infections in a female]

Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1983 Jan 8;113(1):28-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/83146289
Thornton E; Vollenweider M; Hirschel B

Abstract: Case report on a 49-year-old woman who contracted acute hepatitis B during a trip to Haiti in 1977. The hepatitis healed and the patient was in good health until July 1982 when she died of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia despite early treatment. This case resembles the acquired immune deficiency syndrome recently described in the United States among homosexuals and Haitians.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS/ETIOLOGY Case Report English Abstract Female Haiti Hepatitis B/*IMMUNOLOGY Human Middle Age Pneumonia, Pneumocystis carinii/*ETIOLOGY Travel JOURNAL ARTICLE

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