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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome without the recognized risk factors.

Postgrad Med J. 1987 Oct;63(744):877-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/88189972
Rademaker M; Thomas RH; Provost TG; McEvoy M; Grint PC; Heath R; Kirby JD; Department of Dermatology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, West; Smithfield, London, UK.

Abstract: We report two cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), apparently without the usual exposure factors, in whom a temporal association was detected after detailed epidemiological investigation. The index case, a 45 year old housewife, had provided terminal home-nursing care for a 33 year old African man, who died from an undiagnosed encephalitis. At that time she had fissures of the skin of both her hands. Review of post-mortem pathology specimens of the African man allowed a retrospective diagnosis of AIDS with cerebral toxoplasmosis to be made. The type of home-nursing care given by the index case was quite different from that normally provided by health care workers with the training and facilities to prevent the spread of infection.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/DIAGNOSIS/*TRANSMISSION Adult Case Report Dermatitis/COMPLICATIONS Female Home Nursing Human Male Middle Age Risk Factors Skin/INJURIES JOURNAL ARTICLE

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