Acquired immunodeficiency with intestinal cryptosporidiosis: possible transmission by Haitian whole blood. NLM AIDSLINE Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1983. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.

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Acquired immunodeficiency with intestinal cryptosporidiosis: possible transmission by Haitian whole blood.

Lancet. 1983 May 28;1(8335):1187-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/83217787
Andreani T; Modigliani R; le Charpentier Y; Galian A; Brouet JC; Liance M; Lachance JR; Messing B; Vernisse B

Abstract: A 31-year-old Frenchman had an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with profound depression of cellular immunity and relative sparing of humoral immunity. The clinical picture included intractable secretory diarrhoea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Gastrointestinal cryptosporidiosis was present and a perfusion technique showed profuse secretion of fluid in the proximal small bowel. The patient also had recurrent Salmonella typhimurium septicaemia, cytomegalovirus infection, and cerebral toxoplasmosis and he died within 13 months. This patient did not belong to any of the groups known to be affected by this type of acquired immunodeficiency (homosexuals, drug addicts, haemophiliacs, Haitians) but had been transfused with Haitian blood 4 years before onset of symptoms. This case supports the notion that some forms of AIDS may be transmitted by blood, with a long incubation period.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY/ *TRANSMISSION Adult Blood Transfusion/*ADVERSE EFFECTS Brain/PATHOLOGY Brain Abscess/IMMUNOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY Case Report Coccidia/ISOLATION & PURIF Coccidiosis/*IMMUNOLOGY France/ETHNOLOGY Haiti Human Immunity, Cellular Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic/*IMMUNOLOGY/MICROBIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Jejunum/PATHOLOGY Male Septicemia/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Time Factors Toxoplasmosis/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY JOURNAL ARTICLE

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