1992

Fear of caring. [videorecording]: [Chicago, Ill.] : The Association, c1986 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200734A
Guidelines for health care workers : preventing transmission of infectious diseases in the workplace. [videorecording]: [Morgan Hill, Calif. : Resource Technical Services, 1988] 1 videocassette (20 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200739A; (Producer) Upon review of this presentation health care workers will be able to: 1) review facts known about the AIDS virus and its transmission; 2) identify situations in the workplace when significant exposure to infectious agents may occur; 3) follow the appropriate precautionary guidelines in the treatment of al
Beyond fear. 1988 revision, short version. [videorecording]: [United States] : American Red Cross, 1988 1 videocassette (29 min., 12 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200775A; Vaughn R; (Producer) This documentary helps to dispel the myths and panic surrounding HIV and AIDS. Methods of prevention are discussed and modes of transmission are explained.
AIDS, it's a Black problem, too. [videorecording]: [Houston, Tex.] : AFH, [1989?] 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. with b&w ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200725A; (Producer) This tape includes a series of interviews with Black community leaders who discuss how HIV has impacted their community. Risk factors among members of the community are examined, and changes necessary to reduce these factors are described. The film also addresses the HIV antibody test.
Pediatric AIDS : a time of crisis. [videorecording]: [Washington, D.C.] : The Association, c1989 1 videocassette (24 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200753A; Atkins P; (Producer) This film s theme is the need for support for infants and children with AIDS and their families and caregivers. Health professionals, foster parents, and mothers talk about the special children they care for, who bring much joy into their lives despite all of the problems they have.
Like any other patient. [videorecording]: [United States : s.n., 1989] 1 videocassette (27 min., 11 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200788A; Masler DS; Laxson L; Regional Learning Resources Service; Training Program
States' battle against AIDS. [videorecording]: Denver, Colo. : NCSL, c1989 1 videocassette (22 min., 33 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200805A
AIDS. [videorecording]: Naples, Fla. : NEVCO, c1990 1 videocassette : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200773A; Hochhauser M
Fighting for our lives : women confronting AIDS. [videorecording]: Women and AIDS [Washington, D.C.] : Center for Women Policy Studies, c1990 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200781A; (Producer) Portrays the strengths and strategies of women of color who are leaders in confronting HIV disease. Presents images of self-empowerment by describing six women-led programs in various parts of the U.S.
A:Line of defense : viral precautions in the operating room. [videorecording]: Danbury, Conn. : American College of Surgeons, Davis & Geck Surgical Film-Video Library, c1990 1 videocassette (15 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9200821A; Fry DE; Pictures
AIDS in Africa : background/issues for U.S. policy.: [Washington, D.C.] : Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress, [1987] 17 p (CRS report for Congress ; 87-768 F) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207854; Copson RW
[AIDS is heilbar.]: Amberg : Veritas, c1987 226 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207855; Frieser H
[Aids-Story.]: [Switzerland] : Atra, 1988 48 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207091; Schar-Manzoli M
AIDS : action now : information, prevention, and support in Zimbabwe.: Harare, Zimbabwe : AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT), c1988 153 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207856; Jackson H
Department of Health, AIDS Institute : contract administration and monitoring procedures.: [Albany, N.Y.] : The Office, [1988] 1 v. (various pagings) (Report ; 88-S-36) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207905
AIDS education : a business guide. [Rev. ed.].: [New York?] : American Foundation for AIDS Research ; [Washington, D.C.?] : American Council of Life Insurance ; Health Insurance Association of America, [c1988] 44 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207546; Klosinski LE
AIDS ... summary. '88-: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Sciences Group, 1988- v. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208266
[Ist dir uberhaupt klar, dass ich AIDS habe? : Briefe eines HIV-Positiven.]: Mainz : Matthias-Grunewald-Verlag, c1989 85 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207293; Zielinski HR
[Aids und Moral : uber ein psychosoziales Problem.] Originalausg.: Frankfurt am Main : Fischer Taschenbuch, c1989 124 p (Fischer Sachbuch) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207090; Dunde SR
[L'infection par le virus d'immunodeficience humaine (V.I.H.).]: [Quebec] : Federation des medecins omnipraticiens du Quebec, c1989 156 p., [2] p. of plates : ill (Module d'autoformation, ISSN 0825-0464 ; no. 12) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207316; Olivier C
[AIDS-Pravention als Aufgabe sozialer Arbeit : aktualisierter Bericht der Fachtagung des spi-Berlin, vom 17.-19. Marz 1988.]: Berlin : Sozialpadagogisches Institut Berlin, 1989 128 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207118
[AIDS, eine Herausforderung an die Wissenschaft : ein Forderschwerpunkt im Rahmen des Programms Forschung und Entwicklung im Dienste der Gesundheit : 3. Bericht des Bundesministers fur Forschung und Technologie.] 2. Aufl.: Bonn : Der Bundesminister, [1989] 137 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207119
[Sexualitat und AIDS : was macht die Weiterbildung mit diesem Thema? : Werkstattgesprach 22.-24. November 1988.] 1. Aufl.: Soest : Landesinstitut fur Schule und Weiterbildung, Soester Verlagskontor, 1989 78 p. : ill., port (Weiterbildung in Nordrhein-Westfalen) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207450; Schneider-Wohlfart U
[HIV-infizierte und AIDSkranke Kinder : in Krippe, Hort, Kindergarten, und Schule.]: [Zurich] : Lehrmittelverlag des Kantons Zurich, c1990 44 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207267; Brandle B
Aids archives in the UK.: London : Aids Social History Programme, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, c1990 39 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207089; Foster J
[Stress und Burnout in der AIDS-Arbeit.]: Berlin : Sozialpadagogisches Institut Berlin, 1990 149, [28] p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208183; Beerlage I
HIV/AIDS research register, August 1990.: Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1990 iii, 69 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207994
HIV/AIDS : a need for privacy.: [Toronto] : Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario = Commissaire a l'information et a la protection de la vie privee/Ontario, [1990] 28, 31 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207995
Latina AIDS action plan and resource guide.: Washington, D.C. (1000 16th St. N.W., Room 504, Washington 20036) : HDI Projects, [1990] ii, 195 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208041; Maldonado IC; Harrison P; (U.S.)
Terminal care for people with AIDS.: London : Edward Arnold, 1991 xii, 115 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208399; Sims R; Moss VA
[Le:traitement precoce de l'infection par le VIH : rapport au ministre.]: Paris : Flammarion, c1991 xiv, 67 p (Medecine-sciences) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207083; Dormont J
DAITA--current aids therapies : including the Directory of antiviral and immunomodulatory therapies for AIDS (DAITA) and the Directory of opportunistic infections.: [Atlanta, Ga.? : C. Henderson, c1991-] 1 v. (loose-leaf) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207190; DeNoon DJ
A:resource manual for AIDS educators.: Program Ottawa, Ont., Canada : The Association, c1991 v, 168 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207077
Science challenging AIDS. Final program.: Rome, Italy : The Conference, [1991?] 319 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207440
AIDS funding : a guide to giving by foundations & charitable organizations. 2nd ed. / edited by C. Edward Murphy.: [New York, N.Y.] : Foundation Center, c1991 xxxi, 175 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207117; Murphy CE
[Beratungsfuhrer zu AIDS : fur Angehorige, psychosozialer und medizinischer Berufe.]: Stuttgart : Hippokrates Verlag, c1991 xi, 204 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207126; Dunde SR
Nutrition and AIDS.: Beltsville, Md. : National Agricultural Library, [1991] vii, 23 p (Special reference briefs, ISSN 1052-536X ; SRB 91-07) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208088; Evans SK; Gordner RL
How to find information about AIDS. 2nd ed.: New York : Haworth Press, c1992 x, 290 p (Haworth medical information sources) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207638; Huber JT
AIDS epidemiology : methodological issues.: Boston : Birkhauser, c1992 xvi, 402 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207547; Jewell NP; Dietz K; Farewell VT
Adolescents and AIDS : a generation in jeopardy.: Newbury Park : Sage Publications, c1992 xiv, 314 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207534; DiClemente RJ
Advances in adult T-cell leukemia and HTLV-I research.: Tokyo : Japanese Scientific Societies Press ; Boca Raton : CRC Press, 1992 viii, 261 p. : ill (Gann monograph on cancer research ; no. 39) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9207535; Takatsuki K; Hinuma Y; Yoshida M
OSHA bloodborne pathogens exposure control plan : as required by 29 Code of Federal Regulations 1910.1030.: Boca Raton : Lewis Publishers, 1992 Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9208361; Putnam LD; Langerman N
CYTOKINE ACTION ON B CELLS IN DISEASE: Cytokines and B Lymphocytes. Callard RE, ed. San Diego, Academic Press, p. 215-51, 1990.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92680206; Romagnani S; Dept. of Clinical Immunology and Allergology, Univ. of Florence,; Instituto di Clinica, Medica 3, Policclinico di Careggi, 50134; Firenze, Italy; The most important cytokines acting on human B cells seem to be interleukin 4 (IL-4), IL-2 , and IL-6. The availability of cloned and purified B cell-tropic cytokines has opened the possibility of investigating their role in the pathogenesis of some human diseases and t
VIRUS AND CHEMICAL-INDUCED IMMUNOSUPPRESSION IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES: Diss Abstr Int [B]; 52(6):2982 1991. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92679383; Javadian MA; New Mexico State Univ.; A successful cellular immune response includes macrophages, neutrophils, natural killer cells, and lymphocytes. Modulation or interference with any of these components leads to suppression of the host immune response. The effects of hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis Non-A, Non-B (NANB) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a
CHROMATIN STRUCTURE AND DNA DAMAGE-INDUCED GENE EXPRESSION (MEETING ABSTRACT): Environmental Carcinogenesis and Its Prevention: The Head and Neck Cancer Model. October 6-8, 1991, Hershey, PA, Organ Systems Coordinating Branch of the National Cancer Institute and The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, p. 9, 1991.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682212; Valerie K; Massey Cancer Center, Medical Coll. of Virginia, Virginia; Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA; Chromatin structure modulates vital cellular processes such as DNA replication, repair and transcription. Recent studies suggest that after DNA damage, these three systems overlap to a certain extent and may share common functional elements. Most likely, chromatin structure plays an important regulatory role. In order
ENANTIOMERIC SPECIFICITY OF CARBOVIR TRANSPORT (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A112 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682646; Domin BA; Mahony WB; Daluge SM; Miller WH; Zimmerman TP; Div. of Experimental Therapy, Wellcome Res. Laboratories,; Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; Carbovir (CBV), a guanosine analog with a carbocyclic sugar, inhibits the replication of human immunodeficiency virus. The transport of CBV enantiomers into human erythrocytes at 37 C was examined with a papaverine-stop assay. The influx of both (-)CBV and (+)CBV occurred primarily (greater than 60%) via the nucleob
STUDIES ON THE METABOLISM OF 2,5'-ANHYDRO-3'-AZIDO-3'-DEOXYTHYMIDINE (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A119 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682653; Sun AS; Prusoff WH; Dept. of Pharmacology, Yale Univ. Sch. of Medicine, New Haven, CT; 06510; 2,5 -Anhydro-3 -azido-3 -deoxythymidine (anAZT) has been reported to have antiviral activity against HIV-1 in cell culture but is about 4- to 5-fold less inhibitory than AZT. Under investigation is whether the antiviral activity of anAZT is a property of the molecule per se, or whether it is converted to AZT by a clea
RECOMBINANT TAT PROTEIN INHIBITS MACROPHAGE CYTOTOXICITY (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A1776 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684301; Adami C; Palleroni AV; Nalin C; Codner E; Hsu MC; Brunda MJ; Roche Res. Center, Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ 07110; It has been previously shown that recombinant Tat protein (rTat), a HIV gene product that is necessary for viral replication in vitro, inhibits antigen- but not mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation. We have evaluated the immunosuppressive effects of rTat protein on macrophage (Mphi)-mediated tumor cell killing. Ad
HUMAN B CELL LINES EXPRESS THE INTERFERON GAMMA GENE (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A1792 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684317; Dayton M; Knobloch TJ; Benjamin D; CHRI 1232, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH 43210; IFN gamma production has been attributed exclusively to activated T and NK cells. We sought to determine whether B cells express IFN gamma. We studied 28 B cell lines (BCL) including EBV+ normal lymphoblastoid BCL (n=7), EBV+ BCL derived from patients with Burkitt s lymphoma with (n=6) or without AIDS (n=8), as well a
OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF T CELL SUBSETS IN BREAST CANCER TISSUE (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A1807 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684333; Luo CY; Zhan XE; Zhang XG; First Surgical Dept., Beijing Army General Hosp., Beijing, China; In order to study the immunoreactive state in the tissue of breast cancer and its clinical significance, T cell subsets were observed with 3 monoclonal antibodies and ABC immunohistochemical technique in the tissues of 39 cases of breast cancer and 30 cases of breast benign diseases. The numbers of T cell subsets in c
REGULATION OF NF-KAPPA B/REL ACTIVITY IN T CELLS EXPRESSING THE TAX ONCOGENE OF HTLV-I (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A2188 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684737; Lacoste J; Cohen L; Hiscott J; Molecular Oncology, Lady Davis Inst., McGill Univ., Montreal,; Quebec H3T 1E2, Canada; The NF-kappa B/rel transcription complex represents a family of DNA-binding proto-oncogenes involved in transcriptional regulation of many immunomodulatory cytokines and cell surface receptors. The effect of the HTLV-I tax oncogene on NF-kappa B DNA-binding activity and NF-kappa B-dependent transcription was examined
CLONING AND SEQUENCING OF MMTV ENV GENE-LIKE SEQUENCES FROM HUMAN BREAST CANCER (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A2337 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684893; Wang Y; Pogo BG; Holland JF; Dept. of Neoplastic Diseases, Mount Sinai Sch. of Medicine, New; York, NY 10029; Using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) we have found that sequences homologous to the unique 600-bp region of the env gene of mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) were present in 33% of the human breast tumors investigated, but not in normal tissues, nor in other human tumors analyzed. The frequency of detection was higher
GENOMIC VARIABILITY OF HTLV-I (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A2394 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92684919; Pelloquin KF; Kagoshima SS; Pasteur Merieux, Marcy l'Etoile, France; The genomic variability of HTLV-I was tested by PCR and direct sequencing in the ex vivo DNA from 4 Japanese patients (pts; 2 with TSP/HAM and 2 with ATL), 3 Caribbean pts (2 with TSP/HAM, 1 with ATL), and 2 Ivory Coast pts (1 with TSP/HAM, 1 with B lymphoma) involving parts o
PURIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIV-1 REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE: Diss Abstr Int [B]; 52(5):2391 1991. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92679486; West AB; Harvard Univ.; This thesis examines in detail some of the features of the primary replicative enzyme of HIV-1, the reverse transcriptase. In order to achieve this, the products of the entire pol open reading frame were overexpressed in the eukaryotic baculoviral expression system. Included in the products made, were both subunits of
THE EXPRESSION OF ICAM-1 AND VCAM-1 IS REGULATED BY IL-1 AND DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA IN KAPOSI'S SARCOMA CELLS (MEETING ABSTRACT): Proc Annu Meet Am Assoc Cancer Res; 33:A202 1992. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/92682737; Yang J; Xu Y; Hagan MK; Offermann MK; Winship Cancer Center, Emory Univ. Sch. of Medicine, Atlanta, GA; 30322; Kaposi s sarcoma (KS), a neoplasm with multifocal vascular lesions, is often seen in homosexual HIV-infected patients. Evidence exists that disordered regulation and expression of cytokines and other agents contribute to abnormal proliferation of KS cells. Inflammatory cells are present in lesions of all stages, espec
Task Force on Nutrition Support in AIDS. Guidelines for nutrition support in AIDS.: Nutrition. 1989 Jan-Feb;5(1):39-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199741; The nutritional status of people with AIDS is challenged throughout the progression of the illness by the manifestation of symptoms such as malabsorption, diarrhea, candidiasis, and fever. As yet, there is no widely accepted method for nutritional management of AIDS. Therefore, a Task Force on Nutrition Support in AID
Feed the patient with AIDS! [editorial]: Nutrition. 1989 Jan-Feb;5(1):72-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199750; Singer P; Rothkopf MM; Askanazi J
AIDS and the health care worker providing nutritional services.: Nutrition. 1989 May-Jun;5(3):192-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199773; Blair DC; Department of Medicine, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse.
Sexual aspects of headache and headache in AIDS.: Clin J Pain. 1989;5(1):105-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216209; Goldstein J; San Francisco Headache Clinic, CA 94109.
The prevalence and management of pain in patients with AIDS: a review of 134 cases.: Clin J Pain. 1989 Sep;5(3):245-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216248; Lebovits AH; Lefkowitz M; McCarthy D; Simon R; Wilpon H; Jung R; Fried E; Department of Anesthesiology, SUNY Health Science Center,; Brooklyn 11203.; In light of the lack of any prior systematic evaluations of the prevalence and types of pain syndromes and treatments found in patients with AIDS, a chart review study was undertaken to evaluate this issue. Fifty-two of 96 charts reviewed (54%) had at least one note on nonprocedural pain or analgesic prescription. Alt
Introduction: closing the window on AIDS.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):1-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223664; Colman N; Center for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Mount Sinai Medical; Center, Bronx, NY.
Heterosexual HIV transmission.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):13-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223666; Landesman S; Infectious Disease Division, SUNY Health Science Center, Brooklyn; 11203.; Heterosexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in New York City is principally a phenomenon of the urban inner city, where a large number of infected current or former drug addicts live in close social and sexual contact with inner-city women. These women are at high risk for sexual acquisition of HIV
Constant and variable antigenic regions of the HIV.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):17-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223667; Pottathil R; Roche Diagnostic Systems, Nutley, NJ.; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the etiological agent in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The presence of antibodies against HIV is indicative of prior exposure to HIV. Currently available antibody screening tests use HIV-infected cells as a source of viral antigens. This approach has resulted in inher
Setting up an HIV screening program.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):23-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223668; Williams A; Dodd RY; American Red Cross, Jerome H. Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD; 20855.; Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) screening programs currently are based primarily on the detection of specific HIV-1 antibodies by the commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) combined with highly specific confirmation procedures. Factors to be considered in establishing a screening program include test p
Confirmation of HIV infection using gene amplification.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):27-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223669; Zaia JA; Rossi JJ; City of Hope National Medical Center, Durate, CA 91010.; Direct recognition of viral gene sequences can be used to detect human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in clinical specimens. A modification of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for amplification of gene sequences was used for detection of HIV-1-specific RNA prepared from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). Th
Human retroviruses: a common virology.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):4-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223670; Kaplan M; Section of Infectious Disease and Immunology, North Shore; University Hospital, Manhasset, NY.; There are five known human retroviruses: human T-lymphotropic virus-I (HTLV-I), HTLV-II, HTLV-V, human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), and HIV-2. These are related to animal lentiviruses. The simian retroviruses, simian T-lymphotropic virus-I (STLV-I) and STLV-III are related closely to HTLV-I and HIV-2 respectively
Protecting the blood supply.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):9-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223671; Bianco C; Greater New York Blood Center, New York 10021.; Prevention of the transmission of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) by transfusion has been the most successful area of epidemiologic control of the disease. Only 2% of the more than 50,000 cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have been attributed to transfusion, and the vast majority of
Frozen red cells.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Apr;3(2):121-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223672; Meryman HT; American Red Cross-Holland Laboratory, Rockville, MD 20855.; The popularity and the promise of frozen red cells during the 1970s were largely attributable to logistic problems associated with 21-day storage and to the fringe benefits of white cell and plasma depletion that minimized alloimmunization and febrile transfusions and, it was speculated, reduced the risk of HBV transm
Immunoelectron microscopy of human retroviruses.: Histol Histopathol. 1989 Jul;4(3):381-95. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216334; Timar J; Lapis K; 1st. Institute of Pathology and Experimental Cancer Research,; Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.; The ultrastructural detection and identification of human retroviruses--HTLV (human T-cell lymphotropic virus) and HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)--have become an everyday task for pathologists and virologists as well as for cell and molecular biologists. The development of better and conventionally available immun
Closing the window on AIDS. Proceedings of a symposium. New York, New York, April 22, 1988.: Transfus Med Rev. 1989 Jan;3(1 Suppl 1):1-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223665
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma or Hodgkin's disease in a HIV seropositive patient: a histopathological study.: Histol Histopathol. 1989 Oct;4(4):493-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216348; Kanavaros P; Nemeth J; Lavergne A; Ngo Van P; Galian A; Department of Pathology, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris.; Malignant lymphomas occurring in patients with AIDS are usually derived from the B-cell lineage while T-cell malignant lymphomas are very rare in these patients. We report a HIV seropositive 29-year-old homosexual man in whom cervical lymph node biopsy showed an atypical lymphoproliferative process. On morphological a
A generalized chain binomial model with application to HIV infection.: Math Biosci. 1990 Sep;101(1):99-119. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199675; Ng J; Orav EJ; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics,; Boston, Massachusetts 02115.; The original Reed-Frost formulation of the chain binomial model is mathematically equivalent to a stochastic model allowing a Poisson number of effective contacts in a time interval. Their formulation cannot accommodate survey data that necessarily correspond to more complex distributions of partners or contacts, or t
Determination of the spread of HIV from the AIDS incidence history.: Math Biosci. 1990 Mar;98(2):227-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199713; Freund HP; Book DL; Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia; 22102.; The relation between the incidence of HIV in the general population, the number of AIDS cases, and the incubation period for the disease is examined. The number of AIDS cases can be expressed in terms of a convolution integral over the incubation period distribution and the temporal history of HIV incidence. In order
How bad can it get? Bounding worst case endemic heterogeneous mixing models of HIV/AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1990 May;99(2):157-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199727; Kaplan EH; Lee YS; Operations Research Department, Yale University, New Haven,; Connecticut 06520.; Simple models of HIV transmission assume random (proportionate) mixing among subpopulations with differing sexual activity rates, while more complex models assume some form of nonrandom heterogeneous mixing. Since the modeled number of persons infected with HIV does depend upon the specific mixing assumptions employed
The use of granulocyte transfusion in neonatal sepsis.: Transfus Med Rev. 1990 Jan;4(1):14-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200069; Cairo MS; Division of Hematology/Oncology and Neonatology, Children's; Hospital of Orange County, University of California, Irvine.; Many questions are raised in this review about the role of adult donor granulocyte transfusions in the setting of overwhelming bacterial neonatal sepsis. There clearly exists a number of variables, which influence the survival and morbidity associated with bacterial sepsis. The important differences in these studies h
Erythropoietin as a pharmacologic alternative to blood transfusion in the surgical patient.: Transfus Med Rev. 1990 Oct;4(4):288-96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200097; Goodnough LT; Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, University; Hospitals of Cleveland, OH.
Chemical dependency and black America: the government responds.: J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 1990 Spring-Summer;4(2):47-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202931; Johnson EM; Alcohol and other drug abuse is public enemy number one in America s inner-city communities. Youngsters are joining gangs that specialize in dealing drugs, the number of addicts dying from overdoses continues to increase, IV-drug users are spreading AIDS, and homicide and other types of violence are at an all time hig
The thymic microenvironment in infectious diseases.: Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz. 1990 Jul-Sep;85(3):255-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204024; Savino W; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Departamento de Imunologia, Rio de; Janeiro, Brasil.
Immune disturbances during major depression: upregulated expression of interleukin-2 receptors.: Neuropsychobiology. 1990-91;24(3):115-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228147; Maes M; Bosmans E; Suy E; Vandervorst C; De Jonckheere C; Raus J; Psychiatric Center, St.-Jozef, Munsterbilzen, Belgium.; We determined the following immune parameters in drug-free, major depressed patients and in age- and sex-matched healthy controls: the number and percentage of interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) bearing cells (CD25+, anti-TAC), serum circulating levels of soluble (s)IL-2Rs, the pre- and postdexamethasone phytohemagglutini
HIV infection, a brief update on oral findings.: Conn Dent Stud J. 1990 Mar;10:11-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233475; Peters ES
Modulation of hematopoietic colony formation of stem cells in peripheral blood by anti-TGF-beta in patients with severe immunosuppression.: Klin Wochenschr. 1990 Dec 30;69(24):1139-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236049; Harms B; Kogler G; Wernet P; Bruster HT; Schneider EM; Institut fur Blutgerinnung und Transfusionsmedizin, Heinrich; Heine Universitat, Dusseldorf.; The influence of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) on hematopoiesis has been evaluated by adding blocking antibodies against TGF-beta to colony forming assays (CFU-c). When optimum concentrations of recombinant growth factors, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF), and interleukin-3 (IL-3)
Blood bank screening for HIV infection: epidemiological analyses in a low prevalence area [letter]: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 1990 May-Jun;32(3):229-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237621; de Andrade AL; Martelli CM; Almeida e Silva S; Santana CL; Zicker F
Effects of alpha- and beta-interferon on oxidative burst responses of monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from patients with HIV infection.: J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 1990 Jul-Sep;4(3):93-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238343; Muller F; Rollag H; Froland SS; Kaptein Wilhelmsen og Frues Institute of Bacteriology, University; of Oslo, Rikshospitalet, Norway.; In the present paper, we have studied the effects of interferon (IFN) -alpha and IFN-beta on the oxidative burst (OB) responses in monocytes and monocyte-derived macrophages from patients with a relatively early phase of HIV infection. We found that in monocytes from patients with HIV infection, the defective OB respo
Phenotypic identification of T lymphocytes subset in recurrent aphthous stomatitis.: Egypt Dent J. 1990 Jan;36(1):33-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233819; Abdel All M; Ayoub A; el Refai M; Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Cairo University.; Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is characterized by recurring ulcers in the oral mucosa as abnormality of the immune response, autoimmune or abnormal immunological reaction to antigens of oral bacteria. This study was conducted on 25 patients 15 suffering RAS of the minor form and 10 of the major form and 15 stude
Adenovirus encephalitis and widespread ependymitis in a child with AIDS.: Pediatr Neurosurg. 1990-91;16(6):316-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207792; Anders KH; Park CS; Cornford ME; Vinters HV; Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), UCLA Medical Center.; A 4-year-old child with AIDS developed encephalitis 2 months prior to death. Adenovirus was cultured from the cerebrospinal fluid. At autopsy, sections of the brain revealed complete sloughing of the intracranial ependyma, with marked gliosis and edema of the periventricular white matter. Cells with large, dark, smudg
Superficial oral fungal infections.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):415-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199203; Samaranayake LP; University of Hong Kong.; Fungal infections in humans are provoked and exacerbated by defects in the cellular immune system. Hence, the emergence of novel clinical variants of oral candidoses and rare mycoses with the pandemic spread of human immunodeficiency virus infection is not surprising. The new clinical entities of oral candidoses that
Oral lesions in the systemic mycoses.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):423-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199204; de Almeida OP; Scully C; University of Campinas, Piracicaba, Brazil.; Oral lesions have rarely been reported in systemic mycoses, though over the past few years they have been recorded particularly in immunocompromised individuals. The dramatic increase in numbers of immunocompromised persons, especially those infected with human immunodeficiency virus, has almost certainly been respons
Mathematical biology of HIV infections: antigenic variation and diversity threshold.: Math Biosci. 1991 Sep;106(1):1-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199688; Nowak MA; May RM; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, England.; Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) results in severe damage to the immune system and consequent disease (AIDS) after a long and variable incubation period (on average 8-10 years). Why the incubation period should be so long is a puzzle. We outline an explanation based on the dynamics of the interpla
Analysis of a risk-based model for the growth of AIDS infection.: Math Biosci. 1991 Sep;106(1):129-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199690; De Young G; Maini PK; Nakamaye M; Institute of Theoretical Dynamics, University of California,; Davis 95616.; Several models for the spread of AIDS within a homosexual community have been proposed that incorporate biased mixing of different risk groups. A simple model is presented that captures many of the features of these more complex models. Analytical expressions are derived for the time to the state of maximum infection
Use of nutrition support in patients with AIDS: a four-year retrospective review.: Nutrition. 1991 Jan-Feb;7(1):19-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199896; Brolin RE; Gorman RC; Milgrim LM; Abbott JM; George S; Gocke DJ; Department of Surgery, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School,; New Brunswick 08903.; A series of 55 patients with AIDS and opportunistic infections were admitted a total of 75 times to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital over a 4-year period, and supplemental nutrition support--intravenous (IV), enteral, or both--was given during 32 of these admissions. Use of nutrition support was correlated retr
Multiple neurologic deficits. Inflammatory diseases.: Probl Vet Med. 1991 Sep;3(3):426-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200028; Kornegay JN; College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University,; Raleigh 27606.; Certain diseases do not consistently affect a single area of the nervous system and, in fact, may cause concomitant multifocal involvement. Depending on the area of the nervous system affected, these diseases may cause a wide spectrum of neurologic problems and therefore must be included in the differential diagnosis
The role of erythropoietin and other growth factors in transfusion medicine.: Transfus Med Rev. 1991 Jan;5(1):33-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200107; Klingemann HG; Shepherd JD; Eaves CJ; Eaves AC; Division of Hematology, British Columbia Cancer Agency,; Vancouver, Canada.
Wrestling with AIDS. The outcome of the right-to-know debate could threaten both lives and livelihoods.: Diamond. 1991 Spring-Summer;1(1):5-6, 32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200155; Cimino C
Perspectives in research on adolescence.: Bull N Y Acad Med. 1991 Nov-Dec;67(6):548-54. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200174; Baldwin W; Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, National Institute of; Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland.
AIDS: knowledge and attitudes of student nurses in Australia and Canada.: Can J Nurs Res. 1991 Spring;23(1):15-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200276; Bell P; Williams AK; In summary it would appear that Australian and Canadian nursing students, at least in these limited samples, generally have similar knowledge and attitudes regarding AIDS. This study, with its acknowledged limitations, could be regarded as a pilot study for future collaborative comparative research, targeting a wider
[Meningitis associated with tsutsugamushi disease--detection of intrathecal interferon-gamma synthesis and lymphocyte subsets in blood and CSF]: Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 1991 Oct;31(10):1103-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200752; Ikeda M; Sato T; Takahashi H; Yoshida S; Tsukagoshi H; Department of Neurology, Asahi General Hospital.; We report a case of meningitis associated with tsutsugamushi disease. The lymphocyte subpopulation study of peripheral blood revealed a reversed CD4/CD8 ratio (0.14), an increased number of activated T cells and an elevated cytotoxic T cell activity. In cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), the CD4/CD8 ratio was much higher (0.8
[A case of HTLV-1 associated myelopathy and adult T-cell leukemia, presenting unique muscle pathology including rimmed vacuole]: Rinsho Shinkeigaku. 1991 Oct;31(10):1129-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200757; Honma S; Yamada K; Moriwaka F; Shima K; Tashiro K; Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine.; A 63-year-old man developed muscular atrophy and weakness in his four extremities since 1983, and was pointed out to have smoldering ATL by elevated HTLV-1 antibody titers in the serum (x 2,500) and CSF (x 32) in 1985. Neurological examinations revealed proximal muscular weakness and atrophy of four extremities, and m
Cryptosporidiosis.: Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):873-97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200854; Current WL; Garcia LS; Infectious Disease Research, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis,; Indiana.; Data suggest that C. parvum is now one of the three most commonly found enteropathogens causing diarrheal illness in humans worldwide. This article discusses the etiologic agents, epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and treatment of cryptosporidiosis. To date, no effective therapy for cryptosporidiosis has bee
Laboratory diagnosis of toxoplasmosis.: Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):923-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200857; Wilson M; McAuley JB; Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control,; Atlanta, Georgia.; Toxoplasmosis is usually diagnosed in the clinical laboratory by detecting antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii, and only rarely by isolating the parasites. A number of serologic tests are used; each has its own advantages and disadvantages. The methods of diagnosis and their interpretations differ for each clinical catego
Laboratory diagnosis of pneumocystosis.: Clin Lab Med. 1991 Dec;11(4):957-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200859; Smith JW; Bartlett MS; Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.; Laboratory diagnosis of pneumocystosis requires that appropriate specimens be properly obtained, that these specimens be appropriately processed in the laboratory, examined by competent personnel, and reported in a timely fashion. The laboratory section that performs the evaluation and the methods and stains used vary
[Vaccination against AIDS by the year 2000?]: Immun Infekt. 1991 Dec;19(6):III, V. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201855
Synthesis of homologous peptides using fragment condensation: analogs of an HIV proteinase substrate.: Int J Pept Protein Res. 1991 Nov;38(5):453-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201980; Blaha I; Nemec J; Tozser J; Oroszlan S; Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis,; PRI/DynCorp., NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development; Center, MD.; Two protected peptides Boc-Val-Ser(Bzl)-Gln-Asn-Tyr(BrZ)OH and Boc-Val-Ser(Bzl)-Gln-Asn-Tyr(BrZ)-ProOH were synthesized on a resin substituted by 9-(hydroxymethyl)-2-fluoreneacetic acid. After cleavage with piperidine/DMF, desalting, and activation, these peptides were used for the synthesis of 11 analogs of an HIV pr
Acquired trichomegaly of the eyelashes: a cutaneous marker of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [see comments]: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Nov;25(5 Pt 1):801-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202475; Kaplan MH; Sadick NS; Talmor M; Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital-Cornell; University Medical College, New York, NY.; Acquired trichomegaly of the eyelashes was found in seven patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. These patients had advanced infection with severe T-helper cell depletion, high levels of p24 antigenemia, and inability to tolerate zidovudine therapy. Control of infection with other antiretroviral a
AIDS-related eosinophilic pustular folliculitis [letter; comment]: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Nov;25(5 Pt 1):866. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202492; Buchness MR; Lim HW; Soter NA
Survival of HIV-1 activity after disinfection, temperature and pH changes, or drying.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):223-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202911; Tjotta E; Hungnes O; Grinde B; Department of Virology, National Institute of Public Health,; Oslo, Norway.; A recently developed assay for measuring infectious HIV-1 particles was used to determine the stability of the virus under various storage conditions as well as the effect of commonly used disinfectants. At the optimum pH of 7.1 the half life of the virus ranged from approx. twenty-four hours at 37 degrees C to no sig
Inhibition of lymphocyte proliferation induced in vitro by microbial antigens in HIV-infected subjects.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):241-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202915; Maria VA; Pinto LA; Victorino RM; Faculty of Medicine of Lisbon, University Hospital of Santa; Maria, Portugal.; In the course of a study of lymphocyte responses to microbial antigens in HIV-infected patients, we detected a previously unrecognized phenomenon of inhibition of lymphocyte baseline proliferation, induced by the presence of tetanus toxoid and Escherichia coli in the cultures. The effects of tetanus toxoid and Escheri
Host dependent modulation of hepatitis delta virus replication in chronic delta hepatitis.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):259-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202919; Gupta S; Govindarajan S; Valinluck B; Redeker AG; Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School; of Medicine, Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center, Downey.; To determine whether host dependent differences modulated hepatitis delta virus replication in chronic delta hepatitis, we tested HDV RNA in homosexual and intravenous drug abuser populations. Overall, the seroprevalence of HDV RNA in the two groups with matching clinical characteristics was 72% (76/106 patient visits
Perinatal infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1): relationship between proviral copy number in vivo, viral properties in vitro, and clinical outcome.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):283-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202923; De Rossi A; Pasti M; Mammano F; Ometto L; Giaquinto C; Chieco-Bianchi L; Institute of Oncology, Interuniversity Center for Cancer Research; Padova, Italy.; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates from 25 perinatally HIV-1 infected children were classified according to their capacity to replicate in vitro as rapid (R), intermediate (S/R) and slow (S) variants. R-type viruses replicated on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and grew better in T-lymphoi
Interferon-alpha treatment in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy. Studies of clinical and immunological aspects.: J Neurol Sci. 1991 Dec;106(2):186-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202941; Shibayama K; Nakamura T; Nagasato K; Shirabe S; Tsujihata M; Nagataki S; First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School; of Medicine, Japan.; We treated 17 patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) with interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) in an open, nonrandomized, uncontrolled study. They were administered 1.5-9.0 x 10(6) international units of IFN-alpha daily for 4 weeks, and 4 patients showed a marked clinical response, 7 showed a moderate response and t
Autopsy report of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy presenting with ALS-like manifestations.: J Neurol Sci. 1991 Dec;106(2):199-205. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202943; Kuroda Y; Sugihara H; Department of Internal Medicine (Division of Neurology), Saga; Medical School, Japan.; We report an autopsy case of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM) showing clinical features indistinguishable from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A Japanese man developed bulbar palsy and generalized neurogenic muscular atrophy with symmetrical hyperreflexia at the age of 57 and died 4.5 years after the onset. He
[Characteristics of surgeon's work with HIV-infected patients]: Khirurgiia (Mosk). 1991 Oct;(10):6-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203626; Kuzin MI; AIDS incidence is sharply growing in all countries. Doctors specialists in all fields of medicine may come in contact in the process of treatment with HIV carriers or patients suffering from AIDS, when the clinical picture is vividly manifested. The most frequently encountered HIV-dependent complex of symptoms include
[Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia as a manifestations of AIDS]: Klin Med (Mosk). 1991 Sep;69(9):3-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203690; Rytik PG; Kolomiets ND
[The oral status of HIV+ patients. The clinico-statistical results with reference to 2 examination check-ups]: Minerva Stomatol. 1991 Oct;40(10):651-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204098; Gandolfo AM; De Luca P; Modugno G; Mangione R; Cattedra di Chirurgia Speciale Odontostomatologica, Universita; degli Studi di Genova.; The authors describe experience during 2 cycles of examinations of HIV+ patients in an outpatient department devoted to seropositive screening. The results were statistically evaluated in order to seem up the typical characteristics of oral health in this population.
[The clinical aspects of 4 cases of oral Kaposi's sarcoma]: Minerva Stomatol. 1991 Oct;40(10):675-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204101; Piazzi M; Bonazzi V; Degli Esposti R; Istituto Policattedra di Clinica Odontoiatrica, Universita degli; Studi di Bologna.; The authors report 4 cases of patients with AIDS and harbouring oral lesions of Kaposi s sarcoma. They describe the macroscopic appearance and clinical signs in relation to epidemic Kaposi s systemic ones. Because of the anamnestic or coexistence of oral mycosis (Candida), in every case the authors suppose that it may
Transient fungaemia due to Candida pelliculosa in a patient with AIDS.: Mycoses. 1991 Jul-Aug;34(7-8):327-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204183; Salesa R; Burgos A; Fernandez-Mazarrasa C; Quindos G; Ponton J; Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Marques de Valdecilla,; Santander.; Candida pelliculosa Redaelli (syn. Hansenula anomala) was isolated from blood cultures of a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The transient candidaemia was apparently associated with intravenous drug addiction. The isolate was identified by standard methods such as API 20 C Aux and 16 discs carbon auxan
Pediatric pathology in the time of AIDS.: Perspect Pediatr Pathol. 1991;15:11-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204667; Rosenberg HS; University of Texas Medical School, Houston.
Specificity of anti-peptide antibodies elicited against synthetic peptides mimicking conserved regions of HIV1 envelope glycoprotein.: Res Virol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(6):423-38. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205090; Clerget-Raslain B; Benjouad A; van Rietschoten J; Montagnier L; Rochat H; Bahraoui E; Laboratoire de Biologie et Genetique des Pathologies; Immunitaires CERVI, CNRS URA 1463, UFR Pitie-Salpetriere,; Paris.; Comparison of HIV1Bru and HIV2Rod external envelope glycoprotein sequences enabled us to select ten highly conserved peptide sequences. The corresponding peptides were chemically synthesized, then coupled to bovine serum albumin before injection in rabbits. Although all peptides were immunogenic, only antibodies direc
Anti-HIV neutralizing antibodies do not inhibit HIV-induced cell fusion in vitro.: Res Virol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(6):439-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205091; Emilie D; Delattre RM; Galanaud P; Nicolas JF; INSERM U131, Clamart, France.
[Introduce an AIDS policy in the work place]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Oct 9;91(41):20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205540; Bergqvist LP
[AIDS--the indescribable fear (interview by Claus Ladegaard)]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Oct 9;91(41):21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205541; Davidsen-Nielsen M
Atypical radiation toxicity in patients with classical Kaposi's sarcoma.: Tumori. 1991 Dec 31;77(6):491-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205852; Macklis RM; Joint Center for Radiation Therapy Harvard Medical School,; Boston, MA.; The classical (non-AIDS-related) form of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) typically affects older patients of Eastern European or Mediterranean ethnic background. Although radiotherapy is a standard part of the treatment armamentarium for KS patients, a high incidence of radiotoxicity has been reported in epidemic AIDS-related c
[The detection of antibodies to HIV protein p24 in human blood sera by the method of lanthanide immunofluorescent analysis]: Vopr Virusol. 1991 Sep-Oct;36(5):361-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205988; Busse TL; Khristova ML; Simonov VI; Kushch AA; Stakhanova VM; Kharitonenkov IG; A competitive time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TR-FIA) system for the detection of antibodies to protein p24 of HIV was developed on the basis of monoclonal antibodies. The advantages of this test system over analogous enzyme immunoassay system and commercial test system Antigen (USSR) were demonstrated. The newly dev
[A study of sera positive and doubtful for antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus for the presence of HTLV-I-specific antibodies]: Vopr Virusol. 1991 Sep-Oct;36(5):364-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205989; Khaitov RM; Trubcheninova LP; Iakovleva LS; Glushchenko MV; Khabakhpasheva NA; Pavlish OA; Seniuta NB; Gurtsevich VE; The results of examinations for the presence of antibody to HTLV-I of 205 sera which were positive or indefinite (doubtful) with regard to HIV are presented. No evidence indicating simultaneous infection with HIV and HTLV-I viruses in 18 HIV-positive subjects was obtained. Antibodies to gag-proteins p19 and p28 HTLV-I
Role of glycosilation in the susceptibility of acid labile interferon alpha to acid treatment.: J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 1991 Oct-Dec;5(4):147-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206195; Capobianchi MR; Mattana P; Gentile M; Conciatori GC; Ankel H; Dianzani F; Institute of Virology, University La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.; Mononuclear cells from blood of healthy donors produce acid-labile interferon (IFN) alpha when stimulated with HIV-infected cells. A large proportion of this IFN appears to be glycosilated, as treatment with neuraminidase causes a shift of the isoelectric point (IP) from pH = 5.2-5.4 to pH = 5.8-6.2. To assess the rol
Antiviral and pharmacokinetic properties of C2 symmetric inhibitors of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 protease.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2209-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206822; Kempf DJ; Marsh KC; Paul DA; Knigge MF; Norbeck DW; Kohlbrenner WE; Codacovi L; Vasavanonda S; Bryant P; Wang XC; et al; Pharmaceutical Products, Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park,; Illinois 60064.; Specific processing of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gag and gag-pol polyprotein gene products by the HIV protease is essential for the production of mature, infections progeny virions. Inhibitors of HIV protease block this maturation and thus prohibit the spread of HIV in vitro. Previously, we reported a ser
Pharmacokinetic evaluations of low- and high-dose zidovudine plus high-dose acyclovir in patients with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2225-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206825; Tartaglione TA; Collier AC; Opheim K; Gianola FG; Benedetti J; Corey L; Department of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy, University; of Washington, Seattle 98105.; The pharmacokinetics of zidovudine were evaluated in 41 patients with Centers for Disease Control HIV class IVA infection. The patients were assigned escalating doses of zidovudine (300, 600, or 1,500 mg daily) and were randomized to receive either zidovudine alone or zidovudine with a high dose of
Development of resistance in candida isolates from patients receiving prolonged antifungal therapy.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2302-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206836; Fan-Havard P; Capano D; Smith SM; Mangia A; Eng RH; Rutgers College of Pharmacy, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854.; The impact of prolonged antifungal therapy on the development of resistance was examined in 61 patients with oropharyngeal thrush . Fifty-nine patients had symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection, one had lung cancer, and one had metastatic prostate cancer. Cultures o
Sulfated polyanions do not inhibit duck hepatitis B virus infection.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2431-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206860; Offensperger WB; Offensperger S; Walter E; Blum HE; Gerok W; Department of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.; On the basis of the antiviral action of sulfated polyanions in human immunodeficiency virus and other viral infections, we studied the effect of dextran sulfate and heparin on duck hepatitis B virus infection. These agents do not affect viral uptake and replication in liver cells in vitro or in vivo. Sulfated polyanio
The influence of D-Ala1-peptide T amide, an analogue of HIV glycoprotein 120 fragment, on the CD4--anti CD4 lymphocyte interaction.: Arch Immunol Ther Exp (Warsz). 1991;39(1-2):27-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206982; Walczak M; Imielska D; Mackiewicz Z; Kupryszewski G; Dzierzanowska-Madalinska D; Madalinski K; Department of Immunology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Warszawa.; D-Ala1-peptide T amide (DAPTA), synthetic analogue of the HIV glycoprotein 120 sequence, was used to study its binding to specific cellular receptor of HIV, CD4. The analogue contains eight aminoacid residues including 4 threonine residues; its molecular weight being 992. We have shown the temperature- and dose-depend
The role of a domiciliary nursing service in management of AIDS.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):10-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207431; Chalmers C; Hartwig M; Cook L; O'Brien U; The Royal District Nursing Service in Melbourne has been providing domiciliary nursing care to persons with HIV/AIDS since 1985. This paper outlines the development of the RDNS AIDS Nursing Program and gives an overview of the role of RDNS in management of HIV/AIDS in the community.
Donor selection--securing a safe blood supply.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):14-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207432; Price M; A survey of blood donors conducted at the Red Cross Blood Bank, Melbourne, Victoria in May 1989 identified deficits in the knowledge of some donor groups. As a result a new medical form for potential donors was designed and trialled. While there were few differences in responses to questions relating to interviewing,
HIV and occupational health.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):18-25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207433; Tillett G; Although the occupational risks of HIV transmission in health care are minimal and levels of knowledge among health professionals are high, HIV-related anxiety is pervasive among workers in health care services. Occupational health and safety law is often used to justify unnecessarily rigorous precautions or discrimin
Practising with pride but not without prejudice.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):26-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207434; Kerr P; This paper looks at the potentially oppressive consequences of demands that insist that health workers change their attitudes and values. It points out that nurses who accuse their peers of being homophobes or bigots are guilty of the same behaviour they condemn in others. It is argued that education can alter profess
Positive experiences: prejudice has pay-offs too.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):30-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207435; Tomkins M; Having HIV disease is not on the whole a positive experience. There have been many negative reactions to HIV and AIDS from the public, media and health professionals. We can all recount horror stories of people who have been disadvantaged by prejudice because they were in what was perceived as a high risk group. So ho
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding in HIV disease.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):36-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207436; Brantsma A; Kelson K; Malcom J; Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding was used in the management of malnutrition in 14 patients with AIDS. The method is cost-effective and affords the patient comfort and independence while providing supplemental or complete nutritional support and improving nutritional status.
HIV/AIDS and childbirth: a feminist midwife's view.: Aust J Adv Nurs. 1991 Jun-Aug;8(4):4-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207437; Page A; This paper explores the impact that the presence of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus has had on the care of pregnant and childbearing women in Victoria and on my professional life as a midwife in private practice and a midwife educator. It provides an overview of my personal experience and discusses how the issues ass
Modeling AIDS as a function of other sexually transmitted disease.: Math Biosci. 1991 Feb;103(1):17-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208489; Kault DA; Marsh LM; Department of Mathematics, James Cook University of North; Queensland, Townsville, Australia.; The spread of AIDS, as with any sexually transmitted disease, will depend on the pattern of sexual activity. Both the proportion of the population who have high partner exchange rates and the extent to which that proportion interacts with the remainder of the population are likely to be important determinants of the A
Equilibrium points for nonlinear compartmental models.: Math Biosci. 1991 Mar;103(2):159-201. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208495; Anderson DH; Roller T; Department of Mathematics, Southern Methodist University, Dallas,; Texas 75275.; Equilibrium points for nonlinear autonomous compartmental models with constant input are discussed. Upper and lower bounds for the steady states are derived. Theorems guaranteeing existence and uniqueness of equilibrium points for a large collection of system are proved. New information relating to mean residence time
Qualitative analysis of an HIV transmission model.: Math Biosci. 1991 Apr;104(1):111-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208501; Lin X; Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton,; Canada.; In 1988, a multiple-group model for HIV transmission with preferred mixing was proposed by Jacquez and coworkers. In the present paper, the work done by Jacquez et al. is extended. It is shown that the stability modulus of the Jacobian matrix at the no-disease equilibrium is a threshold for this model. Furthermore, if
Rational design and synthesis of a novel class of active site-targeted HIV protease inhibitors containing a hydroxymethylcarbonyl isostere. Use of phenylnorstatine or allophenylnorstatine as a transition-state mimic.: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo). 1991 Sep;39(9):2465-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209007; Mimoto T; Imai J; Tanaka S; Hattori N; Takahashi O; Kisanuki S; Nagano Y; Shintani M; Hayashi H; Sakikawa H; et al; Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical; University, Japan.; A novel class of HIV-1 protease inhibitors containing a hydroxymethylcarbonyl (HMC) isostere were designed from the substrate transition state and synthesized. Phenylnorstatine [Pns; (2R,3S)-3-amino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyric acid] and the 2S diastereomer, (2S,3S)-3-
[The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]: Feldsher Akush. 1991 Oct;56(10):49-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209763; Smirnov AN
Preclinical evaluation of human hematolymphoid function in the SCID-hu mouse.: Immunol Rev. 1991 Dec;124:45-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210151; McCune JM; Peault B; Streeter PR; Rabin L; New Enterprise Research Division, SyStemix, Inc., Palo Alto, CA; 94303.; Work in the SCID-hu system has progressed significantly over the past 3-4 years. Reliable SCID-hu constructs can now be created for the evaluation of long-term multilineage human hematopoiesis, human immune function, and HIV infection of human hematolymphoid organs in vivo. Given these constructs, a variety of therape
Arkansas HIV/AIDS report 1983-1991.: J Ark Med Soc. 1991 Oct;88(5):232-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210471
Rapid, easy and economical dot EIA for detection of antibodies to HIV-1 using recombinant env- and gag-proteins.: J Virol Methods. 1991 Sep-Oct;34(2):141-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210668; Muller R; Glathe H; Lang H; Simon H; Clausnitzer R; Petzold G; Dittmann S; Central Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Epidemiology,; Berlin, F.R.G.; A rapid and simple screening test for antibodies to HIV-1 was designed on the principle of dot-EIA. Recombinant HIV-1 env and gag polypeptides are fixed on nitrocellulose sheets. Peroxidase conjugated protein A is used for detection of bound antibodies. After addition of hydrogen peroxide and 2-bromo-1-naphtol antigen
Competitive polymerase chain reaction assay for quantitation of HIV-1 DNA and RNA.: J Virol Methods. 1991 Sep-Oct;34(2):149-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210669; Stieger M; Demolliere C; Ahlborn-Laake L; Mous J; Diagnostics Division, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., Basel,; Switzerland.; A quantitative PCR assay for the detection of HIV-1 nucleic acids is described. The assay is based on a competitive internal standard nucleic acid which can be discriminated from target sequences by the presence of a new restriction enzyme site. The method was used to quantitate plasmid molecules containing HIV-1 sequ
Lack of evidence of occult human immunodeficiency virus in seronegative individuals at very high risk of infection.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):160-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211336; Crowe SM; Elbeik T; Ulrich PP; Mills J; Moss A; Division of Infectious Diseases, San Francisco General Hospital,; University of California.; Reports of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in seronegative individuals prompted the authors to investigate subjects who are at very high risk of acquisition of HIV in San Francisco. Nine HIV seronegative subjects were evaluated extensively, eight of whom were drawn from a well-characterized cohort of sero
Effects of purine nucleoside analogues with a cyclobutane ring and erythromycin A oxime derivatives on duck hepatitis B virus replication in vivo and in cell culture and HIV-1 in cell culture.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):180-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211339; Hung LF; Brumbaugh AE; Bhatia G; Marion PL; Hung PP; Norbeck DW; Plattner JJ; Robinson WS; Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine,; California.; The effects on duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) replication of specific analogues of two classes of chemical compounds not previously tested against hepadnaviruses are described. One is erythromycin A-9-methyloxime (EMO) and other oxime derivatives of erythromycin A, and the other is purine nucleoside analogues (cyclobut
Growth of human immunodeficiency virus I in cultured cells in the absence of the CD4 antigen.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):187-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211340; Morrison NK; McCarthy K; Hart CA; Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Liverpool,; United Kingdom.; The ability of a variety of epithelial, embryonal, placental, and neuronal cells to express the CD4 antigen and to be infected by human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) was examined. Only two (IMR-32 and HeLa-T4) expressed CD4 detectable by indirect immunofluorescence, and both were infectable by HIV-1. Two others, a
Social behavior, public policy, and nonharmful drug use.: Milbank Q. 1991;69(3):437-59. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212227; Winick C; City University of New York.; A body of research conducted over several decades has established that a considerable proportion of regular users of heroin, cocaine, and other psychoactive drugs continue to function effectively at work and in other areas of social life. Yet American policy has been predicated on assumptions of a universal course of
To build a bridge: the use of foreign models by domestic critics of U.S. drug policy.: Milbank Q. 1991;69(3):495-526. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212229; Oppenheimer GM; Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College,; City University of New York 11210.; Domestic critics of American policy concerning illicit drugs have frequently looked abroad for evidence to bolster their agenda. Policies developed elsewhere, specifically heroin maintenance in Britain and harm reduction in Holland, have profoundly affected debate over the American approach to addiction. In each insta
Current progress in HIV vaccines.: Mo Med. 1991 Nov;88(11):762-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212261; Westblom TU; Belshe RB; Gorse GJ; Department of Medicine, St. Louis University School of Medicine,; MO 63104.
Epidemic patterns of hepatitis type B virus (HBV) and human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) in two ATL-endemic islands in Kyushu, Japan.: Nagoya J Med Sci. 1991 Mar;53(1-4):23-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212423; Tachibana K; Ito S; Shirahama S; Nagatomo M; Kinoshita K; Tajima K; Izuhara Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.; To evaluate the relationships between human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) and hepatitis virus type B (HBV) infections, we compared both individual and geographical distributions of carriers of HTLV-I and HBV, and antibody positives to HBV in two ATL-endemic islands in Kyushu, Jap
Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type I replication by derivatives of gossypol.: Pharmacol Res. 1991 Dec;24(4):407-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212741; Royer RE; Mills RG; Deck LM; Mertz GJ; Vander Jagt DL; Department of Biochemistry, University of New Mexico School of; Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.; Gossypol (I) and its derivatives gossylic nitrile-1,1 -diacetate (II), gossylic iminolactone (III) and gossylic lactone (IV) inhibit the replication of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in vitro in the order III greater than I greater than II,IV, indicating that derivatives of gossypol can retain antiviral activitie
Cytokine stimulation of parasitic and microbial growth.: Res Microbiol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(9):979-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213269; Denis M; Campbell D; Gregg EO; Bioscience 1, ICI Pharmaceuticals, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK.
The unseen sample in cohort studies: estimation of its size and effect. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.: Stat Med. 1991 Dec;10(12):1993-2003. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213297; Hoover DR; Munoz A; Carey V; Odaka N; Taylor JM; Chmiel JS; Armstrong J; Vermund SH; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public; Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.; Recruitment of disease-free subjects into cohort studies and measurement of their time from exposure/infection to disease selectively excludes individuals (the unseen sample) who had earlier exposure and who have shorter times to disease. The unseen and observed samples may differ in other characteristics in addition
[Febrile interstitial pneumonia in a HIV positive patient. Diagnosis by transbronchial biopsy after non-contributory bronchoalveolar lavage]: Rev Pneumol Clin. 1991;47(5):217-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213352; Brechot JM; Vuong TK; Poubeau P; Quieffin J; Capron F; Rochemaure J; Service de Pneumologie, Hotel-Dieu de Paris.; The authors report a case of HIV infection revealed by pneumocystosis. Bronchoalveolar lavage failed to provide a diagnosis. A second bronchial fibroscopy associated with transbronchial biopsies enabled the diagnosis of invasive pneumocystosis to be made.
Epidemiology in developing countries--some experiences from collaboration across disciplines and cultures.: Scand J Soc Med Suppl. 1991;46:25-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213421; Wall SG; Department of Epidemiology and Health Care Research, University; of Umea, Sweden.; Epidemiology has been increasingly recognized as a public health strategy for health research, intervention and health policy making. In this communication I will focus on strategies and methods for epidemiology within the context of working together across disciplines and cultures. That problems are local but methods
Assessment of health policy in Costa Rica--some preliminary remarks.: Scand J Soc Med Suppl. 1991;46:82-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213428; Eriksson CG; Mohs E; Eriksson B; Nordic School of Public Health, Goteborg.; Costa Rica is one of the world s success stories in primary health care. During the past 20 years the country has experienced a demographic and epidemiological transition. However, during the 80 s the economic recession severely affected the country. The social, economic, politi
Comparison of hemin enhancement of burst-forming units-erythroid clonal efficiency by progenitor cells from normal and HIV-infected patients.: Acta Haematol. 1991;86(4):189-93. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214023; Abraham NG; Mathew A; Jiang S; Lutton JD; Nishimura M; Chertkov JL; Levere RD; Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla.; The ability of peripheral-blood hematopoietic progenitor cells from AIDS patients and normal controls to respond to erythropoietin (Epo) was assessed for burst-forming units-erythroid (BFU-E). BFU-E colony formation from AIDS patients peripheral blood responded to a wide range of Epo concentrations (0.5-4 U) in a sim
[The impact of AIDS in Portugal]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:45S-46S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214230; Garcia JT; Departamento de Saude Publica, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas,; Lisboa.; An outline of the AIDS epidemiological situation in Portugal is given. Its mortality is compared with that of other diseases connected with the behaviour of individuals. The weight of AIDS on mass media is discussed. Prevention stra
[Ethical and legal aspects of AIDS in Portuguese Law]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:47S-51S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214231; de Faria PL; Escola Nacional de Saude Publica, Lisboa.; HIV infection presents by its particular characteristics of contagion and by the fact that it is associated with human behaviours which are already object of social discrimination or criminal sanctions, new elements which shook the traditional legal means used in the fight against epidemics. In this context, the prese
[Immunologic aspects of HIV infection]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:52S-58S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214232; Caetano JA; Servico de Imunologia, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Lisboa; Universidade Nova de Lisboa.; Infection of Human organism by Human Immunodeficiency viruses induces, after a shorter or a longer period, a complex immune Deficiency (ID) that has been named Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Although the designation is not correct, it has been accepted by the scientific community. AIDS includes multiple c
[Immunodeficiency viruses]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:59S-63S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214233; Ferreira WF; Pinto AS; Alvarez EP; Sousa RA; Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Laboratorio de; Imunologia, IPOFG, Lisboa.; In the first part of this article some structural and biological aspects of the HIV viruses are presented, in our opinion among the most interesting ones, connected with the AIDS viruses. Viral infection and its evolution, particularly related with infection by HIV-2, will be presented later, in the light of our exper
[Immunologic profile of HIV-2 seropositive African individuals (follow-up)]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:64S-66S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214234; Pinto AS; Ferreira WF; Costa C; Silva AP; Alvarez EP; Sousa RA; Mansinho K; Champalimaud JL; Araujo C; Dias F; et al; Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Laboratorio de; Imunologia, I.P.O.F.G., Lisboa.; In the geographic distribution of HIV-2, it is known that this infection is most prevalent in West Africa. Since 1986 we have studied seropositive and seronegative clusters, in Guinea-Bissau with follow-ups in 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Analysis of the results show the high incide
[Therapeutic perspectives of HIV infection and of opportunistic infections. Multicenter projects of clinical investigation in the EEC]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Dec;4 Suppl 1:67S-68S. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214235; Antunes F; Clinica de Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias, Faculdade de; Medicina, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.; Some centers in Portugal involved in the treatment of AIDS patients collaborate in clinical research programmes at a European level. The European Network for the Treatment of AIDS (ENTA) is a concerted action, with logistical and po
Structure and function in recombinant HIV-1 gp120 and speculation about the disulfide bonding in the gp120 homologs of HIV-2 and SIV.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:1-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214267; Gregory T; Hoxie J; Watanabe C; Spellman M; Dept. of Process Sciences, Genentech, Inc., So. San Francisco, CA; 94080.
Immunogenicity of lipopolysaccharide derived from Brucella abortus: potential as a carrier in development of vaccines for AIDS.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:227-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214282; Goldstein J; Hernandez D; Frasch C; Beining PR; Betts M; Hoffman T; Golding B; Division of Hematology, USFDA, Bethesda, MD 20892.; In view of its unique ability to stimulate human B cells, we have considered using Brucella abortus (BA) as a carrier for human vaccines. Recently we showed that HIV-1 coupled to BA, but not unconjugated HIV-1, was able to stimulate murine responses even in the relative absence of CD4+ T cells. This result suggested t
Molecular mechanisms in the pathogenesis of AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:27-38. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214289; Ensoli B; Barillari G; Buonaguro L; Gallo RC; Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute,; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.; Kaposi s Sarcoma (KS) is a tumor of mesenchymal origin of unclear etiology and pathogenesis. The epidemic form of KS (AIDS-associated) occurs in up to 30% of HIV-1 infected individuals with lesions characterized by mixed cellularity, spindle cells proliferation and neoangiogenesis. The establishment of in vitro and in
Structure-function analysis of the HIV glycoprotein.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:39-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214293; Dubay JW; Shin HJ; Dong JY; Roberts S; Hunter E; Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 35294.
Common sequence in HIV 1 GP41 and HLA class II beta chains can generate crossreactive autoantibodies with immunosuppressive potential early in the course of HIV 1 infection.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:63-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214296; Blackburn R; Clerici M; Mann D; Lucey DR; Goedert J; Golding B; Shearer GM; Golding H; Division of Virology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.; We have previously reported the identification of highly conserved homologous regions located in the carboxy terminus of the HIV 1 gp41 (aa 837-844), and the amino-terminal of the beta chain of all human HLA class II antigens (aa 19-25). Murine monoclonal antibodies raised against synthetic peptides from these homolog
Association of facial paralysis with HIV positivity.: Am J Otol. 1991 Nov;12(6):450-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214575; Murr AH; Benecke JE Jr; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, St. Louis; University School of Medicine, MO 63110-0250.; Facial paralysis, although a rare complication of AIDS related complex (ARC) or AIDS, may well be the presenting symptom of HIV positivity. A case report of facial paralysis followed closely by discovery of HIV positivity is described, along with a pertinent and extensive literature review. Seroconversion to HIV-posit
Anti-HIV-1 activity of sulfated amphotericin B in vitro.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):243-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214925; Otake T; Miyano K; Mori H; Morimoto M; Ueba N; Kunita N; Nakashima H; Kurimura T; Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan.; To reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B methyl ester (AME), which shows some anti-HIV-1 activity, sulfated amphotericin B (SAB) was prepared from amphotericin B (AB), and its anti-HIV-1 activity was examined in vitro. SAB at concentration of 7.8 micrograms/ml completely suppressed the HIV-1-induced cytopathic effect
Effects of a soluble CD4 and CD4-Pseudomonas exotoxin A chimeric protein on human peripheral blood lymphocytes: lymphocyte activation and anti-HIV activity in vitro.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):267-79. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214927; Rubino KL; Tarpley WG; Nicholas JA; Cancer and Infectious Diseases Research, Upjohn Laboratories,; Kalamazoo, Michigan 49007.; Recombinant sCD4-based proteins were evaluated for their effects on antigen-stimulated proliferation of human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and for antiviral activity against PBMC infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIVD34). Two sCD4-based proteins were solubilized, refolded, and purified to homoge
Ozone inactivates HIV at noncytotoxic concentrations.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):281-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214928; Carpendale MT; Freeberg JK; Rehabilitation Medicine and Research Services, Veterans; Administration Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94121.; The inactivation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and cytotoxic properties of ozone-treated serum and serum-supplemented media were examined. The titer of HIV suspensions in human serum was reduced in a dose-dependent manner when treated with total reacted ozone concentrations at a range of 0.5 to 3.5 micrograms/
[Analysis of the replication kinetics in primary culture of isolates of HIV-1 from infected patients in various stages of the disease]: Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1991 May;67(5):529-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215547; Fiore JR; Angarano G; Fico C; Di Stefano M; Monno L; Pastore G; Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Universita di Bari.; The authors have studied the replicative kinetics and the induction of cytopathic effects of HIV-1 in primary co-cultures from infected subjects at various stages of the disease. Cultures from subjects with ARC or AIDS yielded HIV-1 replication more precociously and at higher levels compared to those from asymptomatic
[Isolation of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from whole blood]: Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1991 May;67(5):535-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215548; Fiore JR; Angarano G; Fico C; Di Stefano M; Fracasso C; Pastore G; Clinica di Malattie Infettive, Universita di Bari.; The authors describe a simple and sensitive technique for HIV isolation from small amounts of heparinized whole blood. This method demonstrated a high efficiency in detecting HIV at all stages of disease and appeared more sensitive with respect to viral isolation from peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Although furth
The clinical management of patients with HIV infection and AIDS.: Br J Clin Pract. 1991 Autumn;45(3):202-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215637; Barton SE; Department of HIV/Genito-urinary Medicine, John Hunter Clinic,; London.; The clinician is faced with a number of problems when treating patients infected with the human immunodeficiency (HIV) virus. Firstly, there is a lack of accurate data on the numbers of people infected by the HIV virus and uncertainty as to the natural history of the infection. This limits the ability to plan health c
Effect of structural variations in cholesteryl-conjugated oligonucleotides on inhibitory activity toward HIV-1.: Bioconjug Chem. 1991 Nov-Dec;2(6):422-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215809; Farooqui F; Sarin PS; Sun D; Letsinger RL; Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston,; Illinois 60208-3113.; A number of oligonucleotide analogues containing internucleoside phosphorothioate linkages and a covalently attached cholesteryl residue was synthesized and tested for activity against HIV-1 in cultures of Molt3 cells. Structural features important for high antiviral activity are the presence of a cholesteryl moiety,
[Invasive aspergillosis in patients infected by the human immunodeficiency virus]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):477-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215824; Rodriguez-Arrondo F; Iribarren JA; Arrizabalaga J; Grocin AI; von Wichmann MA; Garde C; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Nuestra senora de; Aranzazu, San Sebastian.; Invasive aspergillosis is a disease that affects immunosuppressed patients, in close relationship with the presence and duration of neutropenia. Although formerly included among the AIDS definition criteria, it was thereafter dropped out because of its very low prevalence. We describe here four cases of invasive asper
[Infection by Mucorales fungi]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):484-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215825; Pintado V; Valencia E; Lopez-Dupla JM; Lavilla P; Gonzalez A; Gil A; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital La Paz, Universidad; Autonoma, Madrid.; Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection of immunosuppressed patients. We describe here 5 cases of mucormycosis: three with facial and eye involvement, one with lung involvement and one affecting skin and joints. All five patients had underlying diseases: diabetes, leukemia, lymphoma, neoplasia and AIDS.
[Tuberculosis in 34 patients with HIV infection]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):488-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215826; Garcia-Martos P; Castano MA; Canueto J; Hohr L; Diaz J; Gonzalez-Borrachero ML; Unidade de Microbiologia, Hospital del SAS, Cadiz.; The clinical and microbiological finding of 34 patients with HIV infection and tuberculosis (30 were men), 32 were intravenous drug addicts. Fever, adenopathies, hepatomegaly and splenomegaly were the most encountered manifestations on admittance. 61.8% had a disseminated form of tuberculosis; the main locations were
[Absence of HIV infection among the mentally retarded (letter)]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):516. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215838; Garcia F; Quiros E; Bernal M; Maroto MC
[Guidelines for the management of the asymptomatic HIV-positive patient in primary care]: Aten Primaria. 1991 Nov;8(10):784-6, 789. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216000; Dorado ML; Buzon Rueda L; Centro de Salud Dr. Granero y Seminario de Microbiologia del; Centro Especial Ramon y Cajal, Madrid.
A note on epidemics in heterogeneous populations.: Math Biosci. 1991 Jun;105(1):133-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216403; Boylan RD; Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.; Recent analysis has shown the importance of heterogeneity for understanding the course of epidemics. However, the results generally rely on computer models or the assumption that the population consists of internally homogeneous subgroups. This note presents some analytic results for the more general case, in which an
Mean-max bounds for worst-case endemic mixing models.: Math Biosci. 1991 Jun;105(1):97-109. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216407; Kaplan EH; Yale School of Organization and Management, New Haven,; Connecticut 06520.; Recently developed models of HIV/AIDS demonstrate how epidemic trajectories and endemic levels of infection depend upon difficult to observe mixing patterns among population subgroups. Kaplan and Lee produced bounds for worst-case endemic mixing models without requiring knowledge of the underlying mixing patterns. Thi
A simulation model of AIDS in San Francisco: I. Model formulation and parameter estimation.: Math Biosci. 1991 Oct;106(2):203-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216414; Hethcote HW; Van Ark JW; Longini IM Jr; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.; A model is formulated for the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the subsequent development of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the population of homosexual men in San Francisco. The dynamic simulation model includes sexually very active and active subpopulations, migration, and a staged
A simulation model of AIDS in San Francisco: II. Simulations, therapy, and sensitivity analysis.: Math Biosci. 1991 Oct;106(2):223-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216415; Hethcote HW; Van Ark JW; Karon JM; Department of Mathematics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.; The HIV and AIDS incidences each year for homosexual men in San Francisco are estimated from data. A computer simulation model for HIV transmission dynamics and progression to AIDS is used to reconstruct the HIV epidemic. Using some a priori parameter estimates, simulations are found that give good fits to the inciden
Assessing the variability of stochastic epidemics.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):209-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216427; Isham V; University College London, England.; In predicting the course of individual realizations of an epidemic it is important to know the magnitude of the variability of such realizations about their mean. In this paper and in the context of the general stochastic epidemic, some methods of obtaining approximate estimates of this variability are investigated; o
A log-linear modeling framework for selective mixing.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):349-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216436; Morris M; Department of Sociology, Columbia University, New York, New York; 10027.; Nonrandom mixing can significantly alter the diffusion path of an infectious disease such as AIDS that requires intimate contact. Recent attempts to model this effect have sought a general framework capable of representing both simple and arbitrarily complicated mixing structures, and of solving the balancing problem
The use of operational modeling of HIV/AIDS in a systems approach to public health decision making.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):413-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216439; Bailey NT; Chalet Chrine, Fang, Lauenen, Switzerland.; Compartmental models of infectious diseases readily represent known biological and epidemiological processes, are easily understood in flow-chart form by administrators, are simple to adjust to new information, and lend themselves to routine statistical analysis such as parameter estimation and model fitting. Technica
Three-stage stochastic epidemic model: an application to AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):431-49. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216440; Billard L; Zhao Z; Department of Statistics, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.; A three-stage stochastic epidemic model extending the so-called classical epidemic process to one that includes time-dependent transition probabilities is described, and a solution to the appropriate set of forward differential-difference equations is given. When an individual can move from being a susceptible to one
Model fitting and projection of the AIDS epidemic.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):451-89. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216441; Cairns AJ; Department of Actuarial Mathematics and Statistics, Heriot-Watt; University, Edinburgh, Scotland.; Previously it was possible to fit detailed models to incidence data (for example, of AIDS) only by trial and error and good judgment; the large number of parameters obstructed optimization of, for example, the (approximate) likelihood. Here, we analyze a model for the spread of AIDS in a homosexual population and iden
A stochastic model for the development of an AIDS epidemic in a heterosexual population.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):491-520. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216442; Mode CJ; Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drexel; University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.; A non-age-dependent model, describing the evolution of a bisexual population, is developed in this paper and applied to projecting an AIDS epidemic in a heterosexual population. Included in the formulation are frequency- and non-frequency-dependent rules of partnership formation as well as five states of HIV disease,
A stochastic mover/stayer model for an HIV epidemic.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):521-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216443; Rossi C; Dipartimento di Matematica, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata,; Italy.; A multicompartmental model is proposed to deal with the spread of the HIV epidemic. Stratification with respect to high- and low-risk groups is taken into account, introducing a fuzzy decomposition of the compartment of susceptibles. The infectivity period is staged using different levels of CD4 cell counts. Asymptoti
The effect of structural behavior change on the spread of HIV in a one-sex population.: Math Biosci. 1991 Dec;107(2):547-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216444; Scalia-Tomba G; Centro Operativo AIDS, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Roma,; Italy.; Within a preferred mixing type of model for the spread of HIV in a one-sex population, the effects of structural behavior change, that is movements of individuals from one activity class to another, with accompanying changes of contact pattern are investigated. It is concluded that such behavior change makes it more d
[In situ production and possible role of interleukins in clinical immunopathology]: C R Seances Soc Biol Fil. 1991;185(5):252-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216870; Galanaud P; Devergne O; Crevon MC; Emilie D; Unite d'Immunopathologie et Immunologie virale de l'INSERM,; INSERM U 131, Clamart.; We used in situ hybridization to study the expression of interleukin genes in sarcoidosis and in persistent generalized lymphadenopathy of HIV disease. In both cases, we found a dramatic over-expression of the interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) gene as compared to that of the interleukin-2 (
[Protection against the transmission of hematogenous diseases in a hospital milieu. A new device for venous puncture]: Cah Anesthesiol. 1991;39(8):549-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216890; Dubois MC
[Lincosamide antibiotics]: Cas Lek Cesk. 1991 Dec 27;130(26):715-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217027; Vacek V; II. Infekcni klinika 3, lekarske fakulty, Univerzity Karlovy; a fakultni nemocnice, Praha.; A survey of microbiological and pharmacological properties of, of clinical experience with and of untoward reactions of lincomycin and clindamycin has been presented. Both antibiotics are active against gram-positive aerobic and many anaerobic bacteria. As to anti-anaerobic activity, clindamycin is superior to lincomy
Rhabdomyolysis associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Nov;37(11):387-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217045; Neves O; Stein CM; Thornton C; Gangaidzo I; Thomas JE; Department of Medicine, University of Zimbabwe, Avondale, Harare.
Attitudes of teachers toward implementing AIDS prevention education programmes in secondary schools of Zimbabwe.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Dec;37(12):390-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217047; Munodawafa D; University of Akron, College of Education, Department of Physical; and Health Education, Ohio 44325-5103.; Eighty-three secondary school teachers and headmasters from Masvingo Province in Zimbabwe responded to a questionnaire eliciting their opinions toward implementation of AIDS prevention education programmes in the school setting. Results show that although 79 teachers (95.2 pc) su
Condom acceptance and HIV prevention in reproductive health: the challenges.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Dec;37(12):419-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217053; Mbizvo MT; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Zimbabwe; Medical School, Avondale, Harare.
Outcome of patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection admitted to intensive care: a preliminary study [letter]: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Dec;37(12):436-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217056; McKenzie AG
[Immunological change in pigmentary degeneration of retina and its relation to traditional Chinese medicine differentiation of syndromes]: Chung Hsi I Chieh Ho Tsa Chih. 1991 Oct;11(10):600-2, 581. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217143; Qin YH; Zhu WF; Li CK; Hunan Academy of TCM and Medicinal Herbs, Changsha.; Using monoclonal antibody technique, T lymphocyte cell subgroups, immunoglobins, complements, and circulating immune complexes (CIC) were measured in 60 patients with pigmentary degeneration of retina (RP) and 40 normal subjects. The results indicated that T1, T4, T8, C3 and C4 of the patients were lower than those of
[AIDS in the Spanish medical literature (1985-1989): a review of six publications]: Gac Sanit. 1991 Nov-Dec;5(27):273-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218082; Garcia-Ibanez T; Sanchez E; Bosch A; Casabona J; Segura A
HIV seropositivity in Greek blood donors (1985-1990) [letter]: Vox Sang. 1991;61(3):215-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221614; Hatzidimitriou K; Kontopoulou I; Mandalaki T; Renieri N; Sofroniadou K; Politi C; Loizou K; Spiliotopoulou I; Gialeraki A; Panayotopoulou K; et al
Significance of p24 on immunoblot with an absent HIV antibody assay [letter] [see comments]: Vox Sang. 1991;61(3):217-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221615; Galea G; Urbaniak SJ
[Screening of HIV infection in prisoner++ populations at prison facilities in the Southern region]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Nov-Dec;4(6):285-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221822; Costa LR; Ribeiro MR; dos Reis S; Hospital Prisional S. Joao de Deus, Caxias.; Blood samples collected from 1017 individuals incarcerated in the prisons of Caxias, Linho and Tires, during 1990, were tested for anti-HIV. Rates of seropositivity were interpreted in the view of statistical data issued from the Council of Europe.
[Adenosine deaminase. A pluridisciplinary enzyme]: Acta Med Port. 1991 Nov-Dec;4(6):315-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221830; da Cunha JG; Clinica de Doencas Infecciosas Hospital da Universidade de; Coimbra.; Adenosine deaminase is an enzyme that actively participates in the metabolism of the adenine nucleotides. It catalyzes the irreversible hydrolytic deamination of deoxyadenosine and adenosine with the production of deoxyinosine and inosine respectively and of ammonia. This enzyme thus plays an important role in lympho-
[Nephro-urologic manifestations of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in our country]: Actas Urol Esp. 1991 Mar-Apr;15(2):112-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221851; Angulo JC; Unda Urzaiz M; Larrinaga Izaguirre JR; Flores Corral N; Servicio de Urologia, Santo Hospital Civil de Bilbao.; We intend to approach the genitourinary and nephrological pathologies presented in our environment by patients with HIV infection. To this end we have carried out a retrospective study on a series of patients selected on the basis of follow-up possibility. A continuous history, recording a detailed clinical examinatio
[Spondylo-arthritis in Togolese patients]: Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1991;142(8):582-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222152; Mijiyawa M; Grunitzky K; Agbanouvi EA; Agbetra A; Service de Medecine, CHU Tokoin, Lome, Togo.; A survey was conducted to determine the frequency and semiological characteristics of spondylarthropathies encountered in hospital consultation in Lome, Togo . Spondylarthropathy was diagnosed in 13 out of 1498 consulting patients. All the patients were male, ranging in age from 18 to
[Treatment of neurotoxoplasmosis with the combination sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim: report of 10 cases]: Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1991 Sep;49(3):279-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222383; Nobrega JP; Divisao de Clinica Neurologica, Hospital das Clinicas,; Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brasil.; Toxoplasmosis is the most frequent parasitic infection of the CNS in the immunocompromised host. When promptly treated with the sulfadiazine-pyrimethamine combination patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis characteristically respond with clear clinical and CT improvement within 1-2 weeks. We report the results achieved
[AIDS and myopathy: report of a case and review of the literature]: Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1991 Sep;49(3):352-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222397; Rodrigues KM; Puccioni-Sohler M; Castineiras TM; Pereira MT; Papi JA; Schechter M; Avila C; Duarte F; Novis SA; Servicos de Doencas Infecciosas e Parasitarias (DIP), Hospital; Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.; Report of an unusual case of myopathy in an HIV infected patient, responsive only to the immunosuppressor drug methotrexate. The patient was a 39 year old homosexual male with no past history of HIV-related manifestations. One month prior to admission he noticed that his left thigh was swollen and painful. Two weeks l
Studies of human leprosy lesions in situ using suction-induced blisters: cell changes with IgM antibody to PGL-1 and interleukin-2 receptor in clinical subgroups of erythema nodosum leprosum.: Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 1991 Dec;9(2):107-19. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222486; Bhoopat L; Scollard DM; Theetranont C; Chiewchanvit S; Nelson DL; Utaipat U; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai; University, Thailand.; To examine the immunopathogenesis of type 2 erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) reactions in leprosy, we studied cellular and soluble immunologic components of skin lesions in 57 patients with reactions (19 acute ENL and 38 chronic ENL), 61 active patients without reactions, and 33 control patients whose leprosy had been
Comparison of the sensitivity of various anti-HIV tests in early seroconversion sera.: Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol. 1991 Dec;9(2):95-100. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222498; Chaisri U; Sirivichayakul S; Phanuphak P; Panmoung W; Ubolyam S; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn; University, Bangkok, Thailand.; Paired sera from 4 patients with proven HIV infection whose initial specimens obtained 14-51 days earlier were indeterminate were simultaneously retested with 7 screening anti-HIV test kits and the immunoblot assay. The study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity of various new and old anti-HIV screening tests. The test k
AAP recommends athletes infected with HIV be allowed to participate in al sports. American Academy of Pediatrics.: Bol Asoc Med P R. 1991 Sep;83(9):415-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222524
[Opportunistic protozoans (editorial)]: Invest Clin. 1991;32(2):55-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223165; Chacin de Bonilla L
Use of DHCP to provide essential information for care and management of HIV patients.: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991;:146-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223706; Pfeil CN; Ivey JL; Hoffman JD; Kuhn IM; Department of Veterans Affairs, Information Systems Center, San; Francisco, CA 94105.; The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has reported over 10,000 Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cases since the beginning of the epidemic. These cases were distributed throughout 152 of the VA s network of 172 medical centers and outpatient clinics. This network of health care facilities presents a unique
Nurses' perspectives on problems of hospitalized PCP patients: implications for the development of a nursing taxonomy.: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991;:177-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223713; Henry SB; Holzemer WL; Reilly CA; School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco; 94143-0608.; The phenomena of interest in nursing informatics research are the data, information and knowledge related to nursing. This study presents nurses perspectives on the problems of patients hospitalized for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia from four data sources: nurse interview, intershift report, care plan, and nurses n
Representation requirements for supporting knowledge-based construction of decision models in medicine.: Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991;:634-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223815; Leong TY; MIT Laboratory for Computer Science, Cambridge, MA 02139.; This paper analyzes the medical knowledge required for formulating decision models in the domain of pulmonary infectious diseases (PIDs) with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Aiming to support dynamic decision-modeling, the knowledge characterization focuses on the ontology of the clinical decision problem.
Therapeutic review: tuberculosis.: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Aug;37(8):250-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224230; Houston S; Pozniak A; Ray CS; Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Zimbabwe.; Tuberculosis (TB) is increasing in Zimbabwe and other countries in Africa and world-wide. TB treatment and control face new difficulties including the impact of the HIV epidemic and drug resistance. There is now abundant evidence that six-month regimens are highly effective and,
A demand in the United States and in Britain that all health staff should be HIV negative or that if they are HIV positive they should inform their patients [letter]: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Sep;37(9):307. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224246; Gordon JA
[Hemolytic anemia associated with minor salmonellosis in an HIV positive, G6PD deficient Congolese woman]: Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(4):358-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224320; Bouchaud O; Matheron S; Coulaud JP; Charmot G; Service de Pathologie infectieuse et tropicale, Hopital; Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Paris.; Haemolytic anaemia in G6PD-deficient patients with thyphoid fever is well known, but there is only one case-report associated with non-typhic salmonella fever. We report here a case observed in a black african young woman whose HIV infection has been discovered on this occasion. Because of the high prevalence of HIV i
[A case report: septicemia caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus in Burundi]: Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(4):362-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224321; Kamamfu G; Nikoyagize E; Ndayiragije A; Cishako A; Aubry P; Departement de Medecine interne, CHU Kamenge, Bujumbura,; Burundi.; The authors report a case of septicaemia due to Mycobacterium tuberculosis in one AIDS patient. This case arouse the interest of the clinicians for a systematic study on blood dissemination of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in all patients with HIV infections prolonged fever of unknown origin.
[Visceral leishmaniasis caused by a dermotropic strain of Leishmania infantum in an AIDS patient]: Bull Soc Pathol Exot. 1991;84(4):365-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224322; Marty P; Fuzibet JG; Pratlong F; Quinsat D; Gari-Toussaint M; Dor JF; Le Fichoux Y; Rioux JA; Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hopital de Cimiez, Nice.; A case of fatal visceral leishmaniasis due to a dermotropic strain of Leishmania infantum (Zymodeme MON-24) is related in an AIDS patient in spite of a specific treatment.
Prevention of HIV infection.: Indian Pediatr. 1991 Aug;28(8):961-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225573; Kamat J; Kumta NB; Department of Pediatrics, K.E.M. Hospital, Bombay.
Prevalence of delta hepatitis markers among parenteral drug abusers and homosexual men with and without AIDS [letter]: J Hepatol. 1991 Nov;13(3):380-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226493; Antinori S; Ridolfo A; Caredda F; Esposito R; Moroni M
Sexual contact patterns between men and women and the spread of HIV-1 in urban centres in Africa.: IMA J Math Appl Med Biol. 1991;8(4):221-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226589; Boily MC; Anderson RM; Department of Biology, Imperial College, London University, UK.; A simple model of the transmission of HIV-1 by heterosexual contact and from mother to unborn infant is developed to assess the influence of patterns of mixing between low and high sexual activity classes of the two sexes on the pattern of spread of the virus and the demographic impact of AIDS. Numerical studies of mo
[Development of blood products--the status and appropriate application of blood transfusion]: Nippon Rinsho. 1991 Dec;49 Suppl:799-804. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227277; Kamihira S; Blood Transfusion Service, Nagasaki University Hospital, School; of Medicine.
Sensitive detection of viral antigens with a new method, laser magnet immunoassay.: Microbiol Immunol. 1991;35(9):717-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227750; Mizutani H; Suzuki M; Mizutani H; Fujiwara K; Shibata S; Arishima K; Hoshino M; Ushijima H; Honma H; Kitamura T; Department of Virology, Kanto-Teishin Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.; A new method, laser magnet immunoassay (LMIA), has been developed for sensitive detection of viral antigens. Target viruses captured on microbeads were made to react with antibodies labeled with magnetite particles. In a magnetic field, magnetically labeled antigens dispersed in water were attracted to and concentrate
[AIDS in the world (news)]: Minerva Cardioangiol. 1991 Nov;39(11):448. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228211; Di Nola F
[AIDS in transplant patients (news)]: Minerva Cardioangiol. 1991 Nov;39(11):449-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228212; Di Nola F
Helping A.I.D.S. patients eat.: Nursing. 1991 Jul;21(7):74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228300
[Joint challenge (editorial)]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Nov 27;91(48):3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229696
[Modern serologic diagnosis of HIV 1 and HIV 2 infection]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:375-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230344; Mertens T; Institut fur Virologie, Universitat Koln.
[Managing HIV infected patients in general practice]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:381-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230345; Knechten H; Habets L; Knickmann M; Wolters D; Hamato-onkologische Praxis, Aachen.
[Danger to medical personnel of HIV]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:391-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230347; Gurtler LG; Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Universitat Munchen.
[Prospects for vaccine development against HIV infection]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:394-402. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230348; Kurth R; Binninger D; Ennen J; Denner J; Hartung S; Norley S; Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen.
The role of milk-derived antimicrobial lipids as antiviral and antibacterial agents.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;310:159-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230491; Isaacs CE; Thormar H; Department of Developmental Biochemistry, Institute for Basic; Research, Staten Island, NY 10314.
Human milk and HIV infection: epidemiologic and laboratory data.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;310:271-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230509; Davis MK
Characterization of a human milk factor that inhibits binding of HIV GP120 to its CD4 receptor.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;310:281-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230510; Newburg DS; Yolken RH; Biochemistry, E.K. Shriver Center, Waltham, MA 02254.
IgA nephropathy in HIV infection [letter; comment]: Am J Nephrol. 1991;11(5):439. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230694; Mery JP; Kenouch S
The misuse of predictive value--or why you must consider the odds.: Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1991;27(3):395-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231252; Gambino R; Columbia University, New York, NY.; The predictive value of a test is often misinterpreted because it is presented as a percent. It is intuitive to assume that low percentages (70% or less) are bad and high percentages are good. A positive predictive value of 20%, for example, was cited as proof that a test should not be used even though the positive li
HBV and HIV serological markers: the National External Quality Assessment Scheme in France.: Ann Ist Super Sanita. 1991;27(3):511-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231268; Goguel AF; Universite Paris V, Hopital Ambroise Pare, Boulogne, France.; Participation in external quality assessment (EQA) has been mandatory in France as from 1978. The Ministry of Health has responsibility for maintenance of a list of laboratories and contracts EQA schemes to be organised and supervised by scientific groups. Serological markers for v
Cloning and expression of an HIV-1 specific single-chain Fv region fused to Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991 Dec 27;646:106-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231394; Kohl J; Ruker F; Himmler G; Razazzi E; Katinger H; Institut fur Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universitat fur; Bodenkultur, Nussdorfer Lande 11, Vienna, Austria.; We have constructed a single-chain Fv fragment representing the variable domain of the human monoclonal antibody 3D6, binding specifically to HIV-1 gp41. This gene was fused to the coding region of E. coli alkaline phosphatase (EcPhoA) and expressed in E. coli. The EcPhoA signal peptide was used to direct the recombin
Expression of a human monoclonal anti-HIV-1 antibody in CHO cells.: Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991 Dec 27;646:212-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231404; Ruker F; Ebert V; Kohl J; Steindl F; Riegler H; Katinger H; Institut fur Angewandte Mikrobiologie, Universitat fur; Bodenkultur, Vienna, Austria.; The cDNA coding for the light and heavy chains, respectively, of the human monoclonal antibody 3D6 (IgG1, kappa), which binds specifically to human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) gp41, was inserted into three different mammalian expression vectors and transfected into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Transcription
Combating the spread of AIDS [news]: Nurs Stand. 1991 Aug 28-Sep 3;5(49):15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232520
[The fight against AIDS: a pedagogic tool]: Chir Dent Fr. 1991 Nov 14;61(585):59-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233732; Baudin C
HIV infection of the adult thymus: an even more conventional theory explaining CD4 cell decrease and CD8 cell increase in AIDS.: Med Hypotheses. 1991 Dec;36(4):379-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236461; Harris PJ; Candeloro PD; Bunn JE; AIDS Clinical Research Center, Washington, DC 20009.; CD4 cells are known to drop and CD8 cells are known to increase in patients with HIV infection. It is accepted that this is the result of HIV selectively killing CD4 cells; we propose an alternative explanation for this phenomenon.
[Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis (ANUG) in HIV antibody-positive subjects]: Minerva Stomatol. 1991 Nov;40(11):695-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236487; Moniaci D; Greco D; Flecchia G; Raiteri R; Sinicco A; Istituto Policattedra della Clinica Odontostomatologica,; Universita di Torino.; The paper reports five cases of acute ulcero-necrotic gingivitis in AbHIV-positive subjects and stresses that the frequency of this pathology in the AbHIV-positive population is 0.67% (3.3% if only the homosexual population is taken into consideration) compared to 0.02-0.08% in the normal population. These findings ma
[Dentists' knowledge and attitudes on HIV infection]: Minerva Stomatol. 1991 Nov;40(11):711-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236489; Gaglioti D; Nardi P; Ficarra G; Conci G; Istituto di Clinica Odonto-Gnato-Stomatologica, Universita degli; Studi di Firenze.; A questionnaire was given out to a group of 124 dentists in order to find out their level of knowledge of HIV infection. The answers show that dentists are reluctant to work with HIV-seropositive patients and that knowledge of control and diffusion of the disease is poor.
[Stabilization of the number of HIV referrals in family practices since 1989 (letter)]: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1991 Dec 7;135(49):2344-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236791; Wigersma L; Universiteit van Amsterdam, vakgroep Huisartsgeneeskunde,; Amsterdam.
Pathogenesis of respiratory infection in the disadvantaged.: Semin Respir Infect. 1991 Dec;6(4):194-203. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237546; Bor DH; Epstein PR; Division of Social and Community Medicine, Cambridge Hospital,; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02139.; People living in poverty suffer from an increased burden of illness. The increase in respiratory illnesses in poor populations spans a spectrum from immuno-preventive respiratory infections in refugee populations to tuberculosis among the inner-city homeless. Such populations suffer from greater exposures to disease-c
Vaccine-preventable respiratory infections in childhood.: Semin Respir Infect. 1991 Dec;6(4):204-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237547; Connelly KK; Starke JR; Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science; Center, Houston 77030.; In the past decade, immunization rates among preschool-age children in the United States have decreased to levels lower than those in many developing countries. As a result, epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases have occurred, especially in urban areas. Six of the infections preven
Pulmonary infections in immigrants and refugees.: Semin Respir Infect. 1991 Dec;6(4):235-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237550; Iralu JV; Maguire JH; Division of Infectious Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital,; Boston, MA 02115.; Immigrants and refugees are susceptible to a wide array of pulmonary diseases, including familiar infections that are acquired after entry and unusual infections that are imported from abroad. The challenges are great; tuberculosis (TB) is now 13 times more prevalent among immigrants than among the general US populati
Tuberculosis, poverty, and compliance: lessons from rural Haiti.: Semin Respir Infect. 1991 Dec;6(4):254-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237552; Farmer P; Robin S; Ramilus SL; Kim JY; Clinique Bon Sauveur, Cange, Haiti.; Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death among rural Haitian adults, and TB control in Haiti is widely acknowledged to be a failure. The causes of both the endemicity of TB and the failure of attempts to address it are briefly reviewed before data from a study conducted in rural, central Haiti are presented. Me
Treating hard-to-treat tuberculosis patients in Massachusetts.: Semin Respir Infect. 1991 Dec;6(4):273-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237554; Etkind S; Boutotte J; Ford J; Singleton L; Nardell EA; Tuberculosis Control Division, Massachusetts Department of Public; Health, Boston 02130.; For most patients with tuberculosis (TB), treatment has never been shorter or cure more certain than with current drug regimens. However, in Massachusetts and elsewhere in the United States there is a growing minority of patients who are not easily cured with the best available outpati
[Breaking taboos]: Sygeplejersken. 1991 Oct 30;91(44):18. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237827; Olsen DE
[Mycobacterioses and tuberculosis in people with HIV infection]: Ter Arkh. 1991;63(11):139-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237848; Vil'derman AM; Chebanova OK
[AIDS--a crisis infection (editorial)]: Ter Arkh. 1991;63(11):4-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237862; Pokrovskii VI
[Pyoderma vegetans as an early sign of HIV infection]: Ter Arkh. 1991;63(11):78-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237876; Potekaev NS; Iurin OG; Gorbacheva ZS; Potekaev SN; Pokrovskii VV; Skin and mucosal lesions are described in a 40-year-old man who suffered from HIV infection in the stage of secondary diseases. The diagnosis was supported by demonstration of antibodies to HIV in the immune blotting test. The clinical manifestations were reduced to steady fever, generalized lymphadenopathy, pyoderma
[Ultrastructural analysis of morphogenesis of immunodeficiency viruses]: Uirusu. 1991 Jun;41(1):1-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237973; Nakai M; Goto T
[Pathogenicity of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)]: Uirusu. 1991 Dec;41(2):77-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237976; Kurimura K
[Murine retrovirus vector expressing env gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)]: Uirusu. 1991 Dec;41(2):85-94. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237977; Kimura T; Karn J; Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology,; Cambridge, England.
Pharmacokinetics of GLQ223 in rats, monkeys, and patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2531-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238678; Gatti G; Kahn JO; Lifson J; Williams R; Turin L; Volberding PA; Gambertoglio JG; Division of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of; California, San Francisco 94143.; The pharmacokinetics of GLQ223 administered as a single short intravenous infusion to rats, monkeys, and patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex (ARC) are presented. GLQ223 was given at a dose of 3,500 micrograms/kg of body weight to five Sprague-Dawley rats; a dose of 300 micrograms/kg was given to three cynomolgu
Pharmacokinetics, toxicity, and activity of intravenous dextran sulfate in human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2544-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238680; Flexner C; Barditch-Crovo PA; Kornhauser DM; Farzadegan H; Nerhood LJ; Chaisson RE; Bell KM; Lorentsen KJ; Hendrix CW; Petty BG; et al; Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Johns Hopkins University; School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.; Polysulfated polysaccharides are attractive candidates for antiviral drug development because of their potent in vitro activities against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), herpesviruses, and other enveloped viruses. To determine the potential anti-HIV activity of a prototypical polysulfated polysaccharide, we admini
Phase 1 study of recombinant human CD4-immunoglobulin G therapy of patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2580-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238686; Hodges TL; Kahn JO; Kaplan LD; Groopman JE; Volberding PA; Amman AJ; Arri CJ; Bouvier LM; Mordenti J; Izu AE; et al; New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.; The safety and pharmacokinetics of recombinant CD4-immunoglobulin G (rCD4-IgG) were evaluated in a phase 1 study with dose escalation. A total of 16 patients, 6 with AIDS and 10 with AIDS-related complex, were evaluated at two university-affiliated hospital clinics. rCD4-IgG was administered once weekly for 12 weeks t
The ability of suramin to block CD4-gp120 binding is reversed in the presence of albumin.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2636-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238697; Yao XJ; Wainberg MA; Richard M; Pollak M; Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital,; Cote-Ste-Catherine, Canada.; We have shown that suramin can directly inhibit the binding of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 envelope protein to immobilized CD4, thus helping to explain the previously described antiviral properties of suramin. However, physiological concentrations of serum albumin significantly attenuated suramin s a
[Neurological complications in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: experience at the Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho-Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro]: Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 1991 Jun;49(2):159-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238868; Puccioni-Sohler M; Correa RB; Perez MA; Schechter M; Ramos Filho C; Novis SA; Hospital Universitario Clementino Fraga Filho, Universidade; Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.; The frequency of neurological manifestations was evaluated in 653 HIV infected patients admitted in a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil , in the 1985-1989 period. A total of 172 (26%) patients developed neurological symptoms. Central nervous system complications inc
Properties of bromodextran-trichosanthin: a comparison with trichosanthin, an anti-AIDS protein.: Biochem Int. 1991 Dec;25(6):1051-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238908; Yeung HW; Ng TB; Department of Biochemistry, Chinese University of Hong Kong,; Shatin, New Territories.; Trichosanthin was coupled with bromodextran and the reaction mixture chromatographed on Sephadex G-75 fine to yield two peaks. The first peak was judged to be bromodextran-trichosanthin by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The yield was optimal when 4% trichosanthin and 8% bromodextran T20 were reacted for 210 h
Pruritic papular eruption of AIDS [letter; comment]: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1991 Nov;25(5 Pt 1):866-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202493; Rosen T
HIV infection in newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Ndola, Zambia [letter; comment]: Cent Afr J Med. 1991 Nov;37(11):389. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217046; Siziya S
Wrestling with AIDS. A passion for compassion.: Diamond. 1991 Spring-Summer;1(1):7-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200156; Lynch-Pollert J
Rapidly progressive periodontitis as an important clinical marker for HIV disease.: Compendium. 1991 Jul;12(7):478, 480, 482 passim. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200463; Levine RA; Glick M; Albert Einstein Medical Center.; Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients are in desperate need of the clinical therapies that can enable them to retain their dentition for the rest of their lives. It is important to weigh the social, clinical-oral, and radiographic assessments with all patients, especially those with undiagnosed human immu
[The strain features of the HIV-1 circulating in the USSR based on data from a study of its properties in cell cultures]: Vopr Virusol. 1991 Sep-Oct;36(5):356-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205987; Marennikova SS; Stepanova LG; Nosik MN; Rytik PG; Eremin VF; Matsevich GR; Ianova NN; Both variants of HIV-1 reported in the literature: slow/low and rapid/high types, were detected among the strains isolated from the subjects examined in 4 foci of HIV-1 infection in the south of the RSFSR and Byelorussia. All the 17 strains isolated in the southern RSFSR foci belonged to the slow/low type and had a lo
Do you treat HIV positive patients? [letter] [see comments]: Br Dent J. 1991 Oct 19;171(8):234. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207616; Haslam J
Occupational risk exposure reports among first responders in Oklahoma, January 1989-December 1990.: J Okla State Med Assoc. 1991 Dec;84(12):604-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211426; Gildon B; Harkess J; Oklahoma State Department of Health, STD/HIV Division, Oklahoma; City 73117-1299.; In response to the risk of occupationally acquired infection with hepatitis B and human immunodeficiency virus, the State of Oklahoma enacted legislation which provided for a system of notification of emergency medical personnel who sustain risk exposures to blood or other potentially infectious body fluids. The syste
Patients with AIDS: do we have a duty to treat? Part 2.: Compendium. 1991 Oct;12(10):770, 772, 774 passim. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233438; Koelbl JJ; Loyola University School of Dentistry, Maywood, Illinois.
Oral manifestations of recently described viral infections, including AIDS.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):377-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199198; Reichart PA; Department of Oral Surgery (North), Free University of Berlin.; Oral viral diseases secondary to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection are not commonly observed, except for Epstein-Barr virus infection. For the most part, members of the herpes virus group and the human papilloma viruses are involved. With the introduction of techniques like the polymerase chain reaction, the le
Relationship of viral infection to malignancies.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):398-403. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199200; Shillitoe EJ; Dental Branch, University of Texas, Houston.; The epidemiologic features and the biologic mechanisms of the oral tumor viruses have been clarified during the period under review. The use of more sensitive detection methods has confirmed that the prevalence of papillomaviruses in the mouth in patients with various lesions, as well as in healthy individuals, is hig
Infection control in dentistry.: Curr Opin Dent. 1991 Aug;1(4):429-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199205; Porter SR; University Department of Oral Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology,; Bristol Dental School and Hospital, U.K.; The risk of transmission of infection within the dental workplace is low, but recent data have indicated that human immunodeficiency virus transmission between dentist and patient can occur, and that while nosocomial transmission of hepatitis B virus is now less likely, a small but significant number of staff may be a
Indications for the use of cytomegalovirus-seronegative blood products.: Transfus Med Rev. 1991 Jan;5(1):1-17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200105; Preiksaitis JK; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Concerns about HIV and health care workers.: Beginnings. 1991 Oct;11(9):5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200142; Frisch N
The prognosis in HIV-infected patients with pneumonia. Relation to microbiological diagnoses.: Dan Med Bull. 1991 Dec;38(6):468-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201002; Jensen BN; Gerstoft J; Skinhoj P; Department of Infectious Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen.; Ninety consecutive first-time fiberoptic bronchoscopies (FB) were performed on HIV-infected patients with pulmonary symptoms and radiographic evidence of active pneumonitis. Microbiological data were analysed for acute and long-term prognostic significance. 56/90 (63%) patients had one type of microbiological agent re
Comparison of two methods for rapid detection of cytomegalovirus viraemia in cell culture.: Res Virol. 1991 Nov-Dec;142(6):443-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205092; Pepin JM; Simon M; Simon F; Dazza MC; Brun-Vezinet F; Department of Virology, Hopital Claude Bernard, Paris.; Two methods for rapid CMV viraemia detection in cell culture with immunoperoxidase staining performed 40 h post-inoculation were compared, on 230 blood samples: (1) a 24-well plate centrifugation assay and (2) a 25-cm2-culture flask technique, without centrifuga
Virological and clinical characteristics of human herpesvirus 6.: Scand J Infect Dis Suppl. 1991;80:105-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205250; Wahren B; Linde A; Department of Virology, National Bacteriological Laboratory,; Stockholm, Sweden.; Six distinct human herpesviruses have been identified. They include Herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 (HSV-1 and HSV-2), Cytomegalovirus ( CMV ), Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), Epstein-Barr virus and the recently described Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6). With the
Clinical aspects on Epstein-Barr virus infection.: Scand J Infect Dis Suppl. 1991;80:94-104. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205266; Andersson JP; Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska Institute, Danderyd; Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.; Epstein-Barr virus infection (EBV) was discovered 25 years ago in tumour cells from Burkitt s lymphoma. Extensive virological studies have relieved that EBV causes infectious mononucleosis and contributes to the pathogenesis of Burkitt s lymphoma and nasopharyngeal cancer. Atypical courses of the primary infection may
Production and related variables in bovine leukaemia virus-infected cows.: Vet Res Commun. 1991;15(6):463-74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205936; Jacobs RM; Heeney JL; Godkin MA; Leslie KE; Taylor JA; Davies C; Valli VE; Department of Pathology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.; A newly developed milk dot blot test was used to detect anti-bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) antibody in milk samples from 2079 lactating adult cows from among 61 herds. The milk dot blot test was highly repeatable; the concordance rate, compared with the agar gel immunodiffusion test performed on serum, was 83.5%. All h
Preventing the transmission of HIV and hepatitis b virus [news]: DICP. 1991 Oct;25(10):1157-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206055
Ganciclovir-resistant cytomegalovirus clinical isolates: mode of resistance to ganciclovir.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2191-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206819; Stanat SC; Reardon JE; Erice A; Jordan MC; Drew WL; Biron KK; Wellcome Research Laboratories, Research Triangle Park, North; Carolina 27709.; Cytomegalovirus strains with reduced in vitro susceptibilities to ganciclovir have been recovered from patients who failed long-term ganciclovir therapy. The ganciclovir-resistant clinical isolates in this study were unable to induce ganciclovir phosphorylation in virus-infected cells. The viral DNA polymerase functio
In vitro and in vivo characterization of herpes simplex virus clinical isolates recovered from patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Nov;35(11):2322-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206840; Hill EL; Hunter GA; Ellis MN; Division of Virology, Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research Triangle; Park, North Carolina 27707.; A total of 100 herpes simplex viruses isolated from lesions not responding to acyclovir (ACV) therapy were recovered from 51 patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. In vitro analysis of these isolates included testing their susceptibility to ACV and determining thei
hu-PBL-SCID mice: a model for human immune function, AIDS, and lymphomagenesis.: Immunol Rev. 1991 Dec;124:139-64. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210148; Torbett BE; Picchio G; Mosier DE; Division of Immunology, Medical Biology Institute, La Jolla,; California 92037.
Cytomegalovirus IgG and IgA serum antibodies in a study of HIV infection and HIV related diseases in homosexual men.: J Med Virol. 1991 Nov;35(3):174-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211338; Levy E; Margalith M; Sarov B; Sarov I; Rinaldo CR; Detels R; Phair J; Kaslow R; Ginzburg H; Saah AJ; Virology Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University; of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel.; The significance of serum IgG and IgA antibodies to cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) at various stages of human immune deficiency virus (HIV) infection was studied in 175 homosexual men. Sera were obtained from 123 HIV seropositives [41
The lentivirus regulatory proteins REV and REX are site specific RNA binding proteins.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:15-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214273; Farrington GK; Lynch P; Jensen A; Bohnlein E; Doten R; Maione T; Daly T; Rusche J; Repligen Corporation, Cambridge, MA 02139.; These studies demonstrate that HIV-1 REV and HTLV-1 REX are site specific RNA binding proteins. In addition, the REV protein studies indicate a protein domain essential for biological function that is not involved in RRE binding. Lentiviruses are unique among retroviruses in providing gene products to switch expressio
[Update on herpesviruses (editorial)]: Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 1991 Oct;9(8):455-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215820; Aznar J
Recent clinical experience with dronabinol.: Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1991 Nov;40(3):695-700. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220847; Plasse TF; Gorter RW; Krasnow SH; Lane M; Shepard KV; Wadleigh RG; UNIMED, Inc., Somerville, NJ 08876.; Dronabinol, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in sesame oil, has been used for several years as an antiemetic for patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. In combination studies with prochlorperazine, enhancement of efficacy, as measured by duration of episodes of nausea and vomiting and by severity of nausea, has been foun
[Association of giant condyloma acuminatum of the penis with intraurethral simple condylomata. Apropos of a case]: Arch Esp Urol. 1991 Nov;44(9):1103-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222323; Gonzalvo Perez V; Eres Saez FJ; Ramada Benlloch FJ; Navalon Verdejo P; Millan Parilla F; Sanchez Carazo JL; Illueca Ferrer E; Zaragoza Orts J; Servicio de Urologia y Dermatologia del Hospital General; Universitario de Valencia, Espana.; We report on an HIV-positive male patient with a giant condyloma acuminatum at the base of penis coexisting with simple intraurethral condylomas and no crown lesions. The association of both processes indicate the likelihood of a common viral etiology. The presentation of this florid picture in a terminal patient with
[Therapy of infections in HIV infection (news)]: Minerva Cardioangiol. 1991 Nov;39(11):450-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228213; Costantino M
[Clinical manifestations of AIDS in children in Kinshasa]: Pediatrie (Bucur). 1991;46(12):825-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228643; Muganga N; Nkuadiolandu A; Mashako LM; Departement de pediatrie, cliniques universitaires, Kinshasa,; Republique du Zaire.; Clinical features observed in 60 cases of childhood HIV infection at the Cliniques Universitaires of Kinshasa is reported. Exposure mode, demonstrated in 92% of cases, was essentially maternofetal (65%) and related to blood transfusion (27%). The clinical signs appeared the first year of life in children born to serop
Treatment of retinal detachment due to cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS.: Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 1991;89:349-63; discussion 363-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230117; Irvine AR; Department of Ophthalmology, University of California School of; Medicine, San Francisco.
AIDS not an infectious disease? [letter; comment]: Geriatr Nurs. 1991 Jan-Feb;12(1):4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234293; Yeager B
Prevalence of feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus infections in random-source cats.: Lab Anim Sci. 1991 Dec;41(6):545-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236060; Glennon PJ; Cockburn T; Stark DM; Laboratory Animal Research Center, Rockefeller University, New; York, NY 10021.; Retroviral serologic profiles were generated for 506 random-source cats (Felis catus) that were received by our facility during a twenty-month period. Feline leukemia virus antigens were detected in plasma samples from 26 (5.1%) of the cats. Antibodies to feline immunodeficiency virus were present in 24 (4.7%) of the
Blood transfusions. More options: less fear.: MNA Accent. 1991 Oct;63(9):suppl 2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236498; DeMarce J
Mandatory H.I.V. testing for health care workers: a student's point of view.: MNA Accent. 1991 Oct;63(9):suppl 2-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236499; Johnson M
Resolution on HIV and nurses.: MNA Accent. 1991 Oct;63(9):16-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236500
HIV testing for health care workers [interview]: MNA Accent. 1991 Oct;63(9):20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236501; McCumber S
Leprosy and AIDS: a review of the literature and speculations on the impact of CD4+ lymphocyte depletion on immunity to Mycobacterium leprae [editorial]: Int J Lepr Other Mycobact Dis. 1991 Dec;59(4):639-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202781; Miller RA; The potent effects of HIV infection on the human immune system, the complexity of the host-parasite interaction in leprosy, and the paucity of current information on the natural history of co-infected patients makes this area a fertile ground for clinical and immunologic investigation. Several studies have now validat
Differential antibody responsiveness to p19 gag results in serological discrimination between human T lymphotropic virus type I and type II.: J Med Virol. 1991 Dec;35(4):232-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202913; Lal RB; Brodine SK; Coligan JE; Roberts CR; Division Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, Centers for Disease; Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.; A new algorithm based upon the differential antibody responses to two gag gene products (p19 and p24) of human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV) has been suggested for serologic discrimination of HTLV type I (HTLV-I) and type II (HTLV-II) [Lillihoj et al., 1990]. To evaluate the practical usefulness of this algorithm, serum
Regional and systemic CD4 and CD8 subsets in bronchogenic carcinoma.: Neth J Med. 1991 Dec;39(5-6):333-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204293; Liss HP; Baumann MA; Paul CC; Payne CB Jr; Department of Medicine, Wright State University School of; Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.; We studied lung and blood lymphocytes from 12 asymptomatic patients with peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma. Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed in the lung segment with tumor and a contralateral uninvolved lung segment and analyzed separately. After partial removal of macrophages by plastic adherence, cells were labe
HeLa-LAV, an epithelial cell line stably infected with HIV-1.: J Virol Methods. 1991 Sep-Oct;34(2):173-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210671; Berg J; Doe B; Steimer KS; Wabl M; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of; California, San Francisco 94143-0414.; An HeLa-LAV cell line was established by infecting and subcloning previously described CD4-expressing HeLa cells with HIV-1. Cells of this line stably synthesize all major HIV proteins, release infectious particles of HIV-1, but do not die even after long term culture. More than 90% of the cells express the envelope p
Clinical and immunohistochemical analysis of skin T-cell lymphoma in Japan: Motosu-ko workshop reports. Skin Lymphoma Study Group.: Jpn J Clin Oncol. 1991 Dec;21(6):457-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211842; Nagatani T; Department of Dermatology, Yokohama City University School of; Medicine.
Conference report: workshop on the role of the placenta in HIV infection and therapy, Nantucket, Massachusetts, 10-13 September 1990.: Placenta. 1991 Nov-Dec;12(6):669-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212777; Sager PR; Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Institute of Allergy; and Infectious Disease, NIH Bethesda, MD 20892.
Immunobiology of proteins and peptides VI. Human immunodeficiency virus, antibody immunoconjugates, bacterial vaccines, and immunomodulators. Proceedings of 6th International Symposium. October 26-30, 1990, Scottsdale, Arizona.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:1-293. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214268
HTLV-I p24 antigen in circulating immune complexes associated with acute T-lymphoblastic leukemia [letter]: Haematologica. 1991 Sep-Oct;76(5):441-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217836; Segal-Eiras A; Croce MV
Coexistence of fusion receptors for human T-cell leukemia virus type-I (HTLV-I) and human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) on MOLT-4 cells.: Microbiol Immunol. 1991;35(9):729-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227751; Kannagi M; Kuroda MJ; Maeda Y; Harada S; Department of Biodefence and Medical Virology, Kumamoto; University Medical School, Japan.; Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) and human T-cell leukemia virus type-I (HTLV-I) have a similar tropism for target cell types, especially for CD4+ T cells. In this study, we provide evidence that receptors of these two viruses exist independently on the target cell. We established an HTLV-I-producing CD8+ T
[Prognostic indices for the course of HIV infection]: Verh Dtsch Ges Inn Med. 1991;97:386-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230346; Hess G; Medizinische Klinik, Universitat Mainz.
Decrease in cytokine production by HIV-infected macrophages in response to LPS-mediated activation.: Lymphokine Cytokine Res. 1991 Dec;10(6):421-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208096; Tsai WP; Hirose K; Nara PL; Kuang YD; Conley S; Li BQ; Kung HF; Matsushima K; Laboratory of Biochemical Physiology, PRI/DynCorp, National; Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development; Center, MD 21702-1201.; The capacity of human monocytes/macrophages (M/M) infected with a human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) isolate to produce several immunomodulating cytokines including interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha), IL-1 beta, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), IL-6, IL-8, and macrophage chemoattractant and activating factor
Human T-lymphoblastoid cells selected for growth in serum-free medium provide new tools for study of HIV replication and cytopathogenicity.: J Virol Methods. 1991 Sep-Oct;34(2):193-207. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210673; Yahi N; Fantini J; Baghdiguian S; Chermann JC; Unite de Recherches Inserm U 322 sur les Retrovirus et Maladies; Associees, Marseille, France.; Human T-lymphoblastoid cells H9, CEM and CEM-clone 5 were selected for growth in RPMI 1640 supplemented with transferrin 5 micrograms/ml, insulin 5 micrograms/ml and sodium selenite 5 ng/ml. After 40 days of adaptation to serum-free medium, these cells displayed growth, morphology, and expression of CD4 similar to ser
HIV-1 neutralizing antibody and approaches to the envelope diversity problem.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:23-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214283; Matthews TJ; Langlois AJ; Butto S; Bolognesi D; Javaherian K; Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham,; North Carolina.
Maternal antibody epitope mapping in mother-to-child transmission of HIV.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:47-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214294; Rossi P; Moschese V; de Rossi A; Wahren B; Jansson M; Lombardi V; Wigzell H; Dept. of Immunology, Karolinska Inst., Stockholm, Sweden.
Immunogenicity of synthetic peptides corresponding to various epitopes of the human immunodeficiency virus envelope protein.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:53-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214295; Zaghouani H; Hall B; Shah H; Bona C; Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New; York, NY 10029.
Isolation and characterization of the neutralizable epitope of simian retrovirus-1 (SRV-1) and of the cell receptor for the virus.: Adv Exp Med Biol. 1991;303:71-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214297; Benjamini E; Torres JV; Werner LL; Malley A; Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of; Medicine, University of California, Davis.; An area encompassing residues 142-167 of the envelope protein of type D simian retrovirus (SRV-1) has been shown to contain the epitope to which neutralizing antibodies are directed. This area has been synthesized and shown to bind to monkey and mouse antiviral antibodies and to a virus neutralizing mouse monoclonal a
Effect of anti-carbohydrate antibodies on HIV infection in a monocytic cell line (U937).: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):233-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214924; Hansen JE; Nielsen C; Clausen H; Mathiesen LR; Nielsen JO; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.; Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against carbohydrate epitopes of gp120 have recently been found to inhibit HIV infection of lymphocytes in vitro thereby opening new possibilities for vaccine considerations. Antibody-dependent enhancement of infection has however come increasingly into focus. This study therefore investig
A TIBO derivative, R82913, is a potent inhibitor of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase with heteropolymer templates.: Antiviral Res. 1991 Oct;16(3):257-66. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214926; White EL; Buckheit RW Jr; Ross LJ; Germany JM; Andries K; Pauwels R; Janssen PA; Shannon WM; Chirigos MA; Kettering-Meyer Laboratory, Southern Research Institute,; Birmingham, Alabama.; R82913, (+)-S-4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-9-chloro-5-methyl-6-(3-methyl-2-butenyl)- imidazo[4,5,1-jk][1,4]-benzodiazepin-2(1H)-thione (a TIBO derivative), inhibited the replication of thirteen different strains of HIV-1 in CEM cells with a median IC50 of 0.15 microM. The concentration of compound that killed 50% of the cells w
Significance of human T-lymphotropic virus type I indeterminant serological findings among healthy individuals.: Vox Sang. 1991;61(3):171-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221608; Lipka JJ; Young KK; Kwok SY; Reyes GR; Sninsky JJ; Foung SK; Department of Pathology, Stanford University Medical Center,; Calif.; Follow-up studies on 67 blood donors with indeterminant serological findings for human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV) type I by standard immunoassays showed no evidence of infection by polymerase chain reaction analysis for HTLV-I or HTLV-II nucleic acids or by antibody reactivity to a unique HTLV-I recombinant envelope
[Current aspects of HIV infection]: Beitr Infusionsther. 1991;28:1-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233146; Gurtler LG; Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Universitat Munchen.; The epidemiology of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection in 1989/90 shows a further spread of both viruses, especially in southern Europe, eastern Asia and central Africa. The sequence analysis of an immunodeficiency virus of a chimpanzee indicates the presence of SIV-1, in contrast to all other monkey isolates analyzed hitherto
[HTLV-I antibody screening of blood donors]: Beitr Infusionsther. 1991;28:29-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233181; Schwarzfischer G; Schatzl H; Backer U; Weise W; von der Helm K; Deinhardt F; Blutspendedienst des Bayerischen Roten Kreuzes, Munchen.; Routine screening of 344,266 blood donations of approximately 200,000 donors for anti-HTLV-I was done by enzyme immuno assay (EIA). Repeatedly reactive samples were confirmed by Western Blot (WB) and radio immuno precipitation assay (RIPA). The prevalence of anti-HTLV-I in Bavarian blood donors is 0.02-0.026%. The spe
[The need for thorough infection screening in donors of autologous blood]: Beitr Infusionsther. 1991;28:313-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233185; Heim MU; Mempel W; Transfusionszentrum-Med. Klinik III im Klinikum Grosshadern,; Universitat Munchen.; To avoid the risk of diseases transmitted by homologous blood, predeposited autologous blood is useful for elective surgical patients. World-wide, there is disagreement over whether complete donor testing should or should not be done on autologous collections. There are a variety of testing concerns which have evolved
[HIV study of German Red Cross blood banks in Germany and Berlin]: Beitr Infusionsther. 1991;28:7-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233203; Gluck D; Kubanek B; Gaus W; Elbert G; Grassmann W; Hesse R; Holzberger G; Koerner K; Mendner T; Peichl-Hoffmann G; et al; Abt. Transfusionsmedizin, Universitat Ulm.; In the HIV study of the German Red Cross blood banks the overall rate has remained constantly low, with less than two Western blot positive donors in 100,000 donors since 1987. However, the rate of HIV positivity tends to increase in male first time and in male repeat blood donors. Despite this fact, the overall rate
[Virus inactivation of plasma]: Beitr Infusionsther. 1991;28:82-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233205; Schmitt H; Mohr H; Lambrecht B; Knuver-Hopf J; Zentralinstitut Springe, DRK-Blutspendedienst Niedersachsen, BRD.; A procedure for the virus inactivation of single donor plasma is described. Virus inactivation is achieved by the combination of 1 mumol of phenothiazin dye, e.g. methylene blue and toluidine blue, and visible light. Using this method VSV, HSV and HIV, as well as other viruses, were inactivated. It could be shown that
[Comparative study of 8 combined HIV-1,2-antibody tests]: Beitr Infusionsther. 1991;28:9-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233206; Knodler B; Kuhnl P; Roos D; Courouce AM; Abt. F. Transfusionsmedizin, Universitatskrankenhaus Eppendorf,; Hamburg.; The sensitivity and specificity of eight different combined HIV-1,-2 antibody EIA s were compared by investigating serial dilutions of 22 HIV-1 and 11 HIV-2 antibody-positive sera, as well as 520 HIV-negative donor sera. All eight EIA s detected our neat seropositive samples, however with marked differences in dilut
Differential inhibitory effects of sulfated polysaccharides and polymers on the replication of various myxoviruses and retroviruses, depending on the composition of the target amino acid sequences of the viral envelope glycoproteins.: Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 1991 Dec;35(12):2515-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238675; Hosoya M; Balzarini J; Shigeta S; De Clercq E; Rega Institute for Medical Research, Katholieke Universiteit; Leuven, Belgium.; Sulfated polysaccharides (i.e., dextran sulfate) and sulfated polymers (i.e., sulfated polyvinylalcohol and sulfated copolymers of acrylic acid with vinylalcohol) were found to be potent and selective inhibitors of the replication of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and influenza virus type A (influenza A virus) but
Public health. 'Ambiguous' quotation used in report on HIV [news]: Nurs Stand. 1992 Feb 19-25;6(22):6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92198756
New antibody hope for HIV vaccine [news]: Nurs Stand. 1992 Mar 11-17;6(25):16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92198757
Operation clean-up. Fever la France!: Nurs Stand. 1992 Mar 11-17;6(25):45-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92198768
TNF and viruses: multiple interrelationships.: Immunol Ser. 1992;56:331-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199016; Rubin BY; Fordham University, Bronx, New York.
Pleiotropic effects of TNF in infection and neoplasia: beneficial, inflammatory, catabolic, or injurious.: Immunol Ser. 1992;56:431-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199021; Tracey KJ; Cerami A; New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, New York.
Asymptotic worst-case mixing in simple demographic models of HIV/AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1992 Feb;108(1):141-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199697; Kaplan EH; Yale School of Organization and Management, New Haven,; Connecticut 06520.; The majority of published modeling work regarding the impact of mixing patterns among subgroups on the spread of HIV infection assumes either that the overall population size remains constant, the aggregate immigration to the population occurs at a constant annual rate, or that no immigration occurs and the population
The influence of concurrent partnerships on the dynamics of HIV/AIDS.: Math Biosci. 1992 Feb;108(1):89-104. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92199701; Watts CH; May RM; Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, England.; Most models of the spread of HIV/AIDS assume that the probability of transmission from an infected individual to a susceptible partner has some constant value per sexual act, compounding independently randomly (so that ten acts with one person chosen from a particular group has, on average, the same risk as one act wi
Strategies in the treatment of AIDS and related diseases: the lessons of cancer chemotherapy.: Cancer Invest. 1992;10(2):143-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200225; Wainberg MA; Margolese RG; Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University,; Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; The replication cycle of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) consists of four distinct stages, each of which can be targeted for specific antiviral chemotherapy. The stages are (1) the attachment of virus to the CD4 receptor at the cell surface; (2) the uncoating of viral nucleic acid and its conversion via vi
Spontaneous regression of acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related, high-grade, extranodal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.: Cancer. 1992 Apr 1;69(7):1856-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200336; Karnad AB; Jaffar A; Lands RH; Department of Internal Medicine, James H. Quillen College of; Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614.; Spontaneous regression of low-grade non-Hodgkin s lymphoma often has been reported. Proposed mechanisms of this event have included concomitant infections and enhanced cellular and humoral antitumor responses by the host. Spontaneous regression of high-grade non-Hodgkin s lymphoma
Treating respiratory infections in HIV-positive patients.: Cleve Clin J Med. 1992 Jan-Feb;59(1):13, 96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200631; Rehm S; Department of Infectious Disease, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH; 44195.
The changing face of the AIDS epidemic.: Cleve Clin J Med. 1992 Jan-Feb;59(1):25-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200632
Consent to treatment with zidovudine among HIV-infected patients.: Cleve Clin J Med. 1992 Jan-Feb;59(1):45-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200635; Lai KK; Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Massachusetts; Medical Center, Worcester 01655.; Zidovudine delays the progression of disease in asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but it can cause serious adverse reactions, a fact which makes zidovudine treatment undesirable to some patients. In this study, zidovudine was offered to HIV-infected patients
Treatment IND protocol announced for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia [news]: Clin Pharm. 1992 Feb;11(2):99, 103. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200827
HIV infection and surgeons.: Curr Probl Surg. 1992 Apr;29(4):197-280. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200976; Bartlett JG; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of; Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
A review of the fine-needle aspiration cytology findings in human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Diagn Cytopathol. 1992;8(1):41-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201076; Strigle SM; Rarick MU; Cosgrove MM; Martin SE; Department of Pathology, Los Angeles County-University of; Southern California Medical Center.; Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are subject to infections and neoplasms, which frequently result in palpable or radiologically identified masses. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) offers a rapid, simple, and cost effective approach for diagnosis of these masses. During a 2-yr period, 396 aspir
[The etiology of cat-scratch disease and bacterial angiomatosis]: Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1992 Mar 27;117(13):501-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201116; Muller HE; Staatliches Medizinaluntersuchungsamt, Braunschweig.
[The prevention of nosocomial infections after an accidental needle-stick injury]: Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 1992 Mar 27;117(13):515-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201119; Bader L; Gurtler L; Eberle J; Deinhardt F; Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut fur Hygiene und Medizinische; Mikrobiologie der Universitat, Munchen.
Intestinal tuberculosis: findings on double-contrast barium enema.: Gastrointest Radiol. 1992 Spring;17(2):108-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201523; Nakano H; Jaramillo E; Watanabe M; Miyachi I; Takahama K; Itoh M; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Fujita; Health University, Toyoake, Japan.; Seven cases of intestinal tuberculosis in an active stage were studied by the double-contrast barium enema (DCBE) method. Formerly, diagnosis of intestinal tuberculosis in the early stage by single-contrast barium enema (SCBE) and barium meals was based on functional phenomena, such as spasm and hypermotility of the i
Intestinal tuberculosis in AIDS.: Gastrointest Radiol. 1992 Spring;17(2):115-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201524; Bargallo N; Nicolau C; Luburich P; Ayuso C; Cardenal C; Gimeno F; Department of Radiology, Hospital Clinic i Provincial,; Barcelona, Spain.; The radiological appearance of intestinal tuberculosis (IT) in six patients with AIDS is presented. Involvement of the ileocecal segment (five cases), cecum (four cases), and duodenum (one case) was seen on computed tomographic (CT) or barium studies. There were no significant differences in radiological manifestation
Hepatic abscesses in immunocompromised patients: ultrasonically guided percutaneous drainage.: Gastrointest Radiol. 1992 Spring;17(2):175-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201541; Civardi G; Filice C; Caremani M; Giorgio A; First Department of Medicine, City Hospital, Piacenza, Italy.; Ultrasonically guided percutaneous drainage (US-PD) is considered first-line therapy for hepatic abscesses, but no data are available on its efficacy in severely immunocompromised patients. Therefore, we examined 15 such patients in whom one or more hepatic abscesses of different etiology were treated with US-PD. Elev
Interactions between human immunodeficiency virus-1, hepatitis delta virus and hepatitis B virus infections in 260 chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus.: Hepatology. 1992 Apr;15(4):578-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201768; Housset C; Pol S; Carnot F; Dubois F; Nalpas B; Housset B; Berthelot P; Brechot C; Unite d'Hepatologie, Hopital Laennec, Paris, France.; To evaluate the factors determining the severity of chronic hepatitis B virus infection and the interactions of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis delta virus infections, we retrospectively analyzed 260 patients, 146 of whom were followed for a mean of 31.4 +/- 1.8 mo. Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B
Effect of duration of hepatitis B virus infection on the association between human immunodeficiency virus type-1 and hepatitis B viral replication.: Hepatology. 1992 Apr;15(4):590-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92201770; Koblin BA; Taylor PE; Rubinstein P; Stevens CE; Wolf Szmuness Laboratory of Epidemiology, New York Blood Center,; New York 10021.; This study examined the effect of duration of hepatitis B virus infection on the association between human immunodeficiency virus type-1 infection and hepatitis B viral replication. Twenty-five chronic HBsAg carriers were studied. Presence of hepatitis B virus DNA and expression of HBeAg were more frequent among 20 ch
[AIDS. Risks and measures of detection, prevention and control]: Internist (Berl). 1992 Jan;33(1):M5-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202010; Wildmeister W
The V3 region of the envelope glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 binds sulfated polysaccharides and CD4-derived synthetic peptides.: J Biol Chem. 1992 Apr 5;267(10):6664-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202212; Batinic D; Robey FA; Laboratory of Cellular Development and Oncology, National; Institute of Dental Research, National Institutes of Health,; Bethesda, Maryland 20892.; gp120 is the envelope glycoprotein found on the surface of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), and it binds to human cell surface CD4 receptors to initiate the HIV-1 infection process. It is now well-established that synthetic peptides from the V3 region on gp120 elicit antibodies that block HIV-1 infection a
Recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleocapsid (NCp7) protein unwinds tRNA.: J Biol Chem. 1992 Apr 5;267(10):6689-95. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202215; Khan R; Giedroc DP; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A & M; University, College Station 77843-2128.; The nucleocapsid protein (NC) of all animal retroviruses, encoded by the gag gene, is the major structural protein of the core ribonucleoprotein complex, bound to genomic RNA in mature virions. NC is also thought to play one or more accessory roles in reverse transcription. Mature NC (p7NC) from human immunodeficiency
Membrane interactions of synthetic peptides corresponding to amphipathic helical segments of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 envelope glycoprotein.: J Biol Chem. 1992 Apr 5;267(10):7121-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202280; Srinivas SK; Srinivas RV; Anantharamaiah GM; Segrest JP; Compans RW; Department of Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.; The human and simian immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoproteins, which mediate virus-induced cell fusion, contain two putative amphipathic helical segments with large helical hydrophobic moments near their carboxyl-terminal ends. In an attempt to elucidate the biological role of these amphipathic helical segments,
Multicenter evaluation of the novel ABN Western blot (immunoblot) system in comparison with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and a different Western blot.: J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Mar;30(3):691-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202386; Weber B; Hess G; Enzensberger R; Harms F; Evans CJ; Hamann A; Doerr HW; Abteilung fur Medizinische Virologie, Universitats-Kliniken; Frankfurt, Germany.; A new, modular Western blot (immunoblot) system for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibodies (ABN WesPage; Wellcome) was compared with enzyme immunoassays (Wellcome, Behringwerke, and Abbott) and with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA )-licensed Western blot (DuPont) in a m
Comparison of six commercial human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) enzyme immunoassay kits for detection of antibody to HTLV-I and -II.: J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Mar;30(3):724-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202393; Cossen C; Hagens S; Fukuchi R; Forghani B; Gallo D; Ascher M; Viral and Rickettsial Disease Laboratory, State of California,; Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704.; Three licensed and three research human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) enzyme immunoassay (EIA) kits were evaluated with a panel of 213 serum or plasma samples which were previously tested by the indirect immunofluorescence method for HTLV-I and II antibodies. The three research kits were found to be more s
Evaluation of the Genetic Systems Corp. Integra HIV-1 Pageblot system.: J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Mar;30(3):726-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202394; Starkey CA; Yen-Lieberman B; Proffitt MR; Department of Microbiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio; 44195.; The Genetic Systems Corp. Integra HIV-1 Pageblot system was evaluated as a supplementary assay to confirm the presence of antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in 57 specimens from individuals at high risk of infection with the virus. Forty-one specimens identified as reactive in the Genetic Systems Integr
Effect of different high-pass filters on the long-latency event-related auditory evoked potentials in normal human subjects and individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.: J Clin Neurophysiol. 1992 Jan;9(1):97-104. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202421; Goodin DS; Aminoff MJ; Chequer RS; Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco; 94143.; The effect of different high-pass filters on long-latency auditory evoked potentials was investigated in 25 subjects, 15 of whom were asymptomatic individuals seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and 10 of whom were normal control subjects without known risk factors for HIV infection. High-pass filt
Anaphylactoid reaction to ciprofloxacin in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992 Feb;26(2 Pt 1):256-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202518; Berger TG; Franklin N; Department of Dermatology, University of California, San; Francisco 94110.
A recalcitrant, erythematous, desquamating disorder associated with toxin-producing staphylococci in patients with AIDS.: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):638-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202723; Cone LA; Woodard DR; Byrd RG; Schulz K; Kopp SM; Schlievert PM; Department of Medicine, Eisenhower Medical Center, Rancho Mirage,; California 92270.; Although staphylococcal infections are common in patients with AIDS, staphylococcal toxin-related disorders have rarely been described. Five cases of a staphylococcal toxin-associated syndrome characterized by prolonged erythema, extensive cutaneous desquamation, hypotension, tachycardia, and multiple organ involvemen
Paromomycin inhibits Cryptosporidium infection of a human enterocyte cell line.: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):772-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202749; Marshall RJ; Flanigan TP; Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.; Cryptosporidium parvum is a protozoan parasite that causes severe enteritis in patients with AIDS for which there is no effective therapy. Paromomycin is a nonabsorbable aminoglycoside that is effective in the treatment of other intestinal protozoa. The ability of paromomycin to inhibit C. parvum infection of a differ
Low human immunodeficiency virus titer and polymerase chain reaction false-negatives [letter]: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):779-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202754; Zazzi M; Romano L; Brasini A; Valensin PE
Detection by polymerase chain reaction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 proviral DNA sequences in needles of injecting drug users [letter]: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):781-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202755; Heimer R; Myers SS; Cadman EC; Kaplan EH
Early changes of neopterin concentrations during treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection with zidovudine [letter]: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):783-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202756; Hutterer J; Armbruster C; Wallner G; Fuchs D; Vetter N; Wachter H
Does fluconazole prevent cryptococcal meningitis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients? [letter]: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):787. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202759; Pradier C; Bernard E; Lubick C; Toussaint-Gari M; Pinier Y; Durant J; Mondain V; Le Fichoux Y; Dellamonica P
Health officials reacting to infection mishaps [news]: J Nucl Med. 1992 Apr;33(4):13N-14N, 27N. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202984; Rojas-Burke J
Testicular tumors in men with human immunodeficiency virus.: J Urol. 1992 Apr;147(4):1038-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203378; Wilson WT; Frenkel E; Vuitch F; Sagalowsky AI; Division of Urology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical; Center, Dallas.; During a 2-year period 5 men positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) presented with 6 testis tumors among a total of 3,015 men seen at our hospital acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) clinic. This testis tumor incidence of 0.2% is 57 times that of the United States av
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presenting as testicular lymphoma.: J Urol. 1992 Apr;147(4):1110-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203403; Sokovich RS; Bormes TP; McKiel CF; Department of Urology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical; Center, Chicago, Illinois.; A case of a rapidly expanding testicular mass in a 38-year-old homosexual whose human immunodeficiency virus status was unknown is presented. The mass proved to be lymphoma and serological testing for human immunodeficiency virus was positive. To our knowledge this is the second reported case of acquired immunodeficie
Role of foods in sporadic listeriosis. I. Case-control study of dietary risk factors. The Listeria Study Group [see comments]: JAMA. 1992 Apr 15;267(15):2041-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203446; Schuchat A; Deaver KA; Wenger JD; Plikaytis BD; Mascola L; Pinner RW; Reingold AL; Broome CV; Meningitis and Special Pathogens Branch, Centers for Disease; Control, Atlanta, Ga 30333.; OBJECTIVE--To identify dietary risk factors for sporadic listeriosis. DESIGN--Case-control study with blinded telephone interviews. SETTING--Multistate population of 18 million persons, November 1988 through December 1990. PARTICIPANTS--One hundred sixty-five patients with culture-confirmed listeriosis and 376 control
HIV precautions for health-care workers.: Kans Med. 1992 Feb;93(2):43-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203560; Bradley T
The public health laboratory: its evolving role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic.: J Tenn Med Assoc. 1992 Feb;85(2):68-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203766; Kimberly MW; Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville.
[Extrahepatic cholestasis in a patient with Kaposi's syndrome associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (letter)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Jan 25;98(3):119. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203860; Formigon M; del Rio R; Alsina MM; Iranzo P
[The hospital costs for patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Jan 25;98(3):85-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203863; Rabanaque Hernandez MJ; Tomas Aznar C; Gomez Lopez LI; Aibar Remon C; Perez de Agreda JP; Febrel Bordeje I; Servicio de Medicina Preventiva, Hospital Clinico Universitario,; Zaragoza.; BACKGROUND: The economic issues derived from the care of HIV patients are increasingly more important and they affect to different levels of sanitary assistance. In Spain these costs are not always evaluated and there is no information about the efficiency of inverted resources. MET
[The seroepidemiology of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) in Spain (1990). The Spanish Group for the Study and Follow-up of HIV-2 Infection]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 1;98(4):152-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203877; Soriano V; Leal M; Fernandez JL; Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos; III, Madrid.
[Use of magnetic resonance in the diagnosis of neuro-cryptococcosis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: study of 4 patients]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 8;98(5):184-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203890; Uterga JM; Montejo M; Aguirrebengoa K; Ruiz JC; Larracoechea J; Forcadas MI; Ferrero A; Aguirre C; Zarranz JJ; Servicio de Neurologia, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Vizcaya.; Neuro-cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic infection in AIDS or HIV infected patients. From a series of 10 neuro-cryptococcosis the four of them studied by magnetic resonance (MR) are reported. In AIDS patients a high suspicion of opportunistic infection of the CNS is needed as exemplified by two of the four patie
[AIDS and HIV in Sweden. The figures in a 10-year perspective]: Lakartidningen. 1992 Mar 18;89(12):963-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203901; Bottiger M; Eriksson G; Statens bakteriologiska laboratorium, Stockholm.
[3 patients with HIV infection: diagnosis delayed by ignorance and inexperience]: Lakartidningen. 1992 Mar 25;89(13):1068-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203923; Berglund O
[Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in AIDS]: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1992 Mar 14;136(11):521-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204249; Enting RH; Portegies P; Algra PR; Valk J; Lange JM; Academisch Medisch Centrum, AIDS-afd. en afd. Neurologie,; Amsterdam.; This study was carried out to determine clinical features, abnormalities on CT scan and MRI, and course in patients with HIV-I-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). There were 14 patients with a presumptive diagnosis of PML among 500 HIV-I infected patients with neurological complaints, examined be
[Rheumatic disease as initial symptom of HIV infection]: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1992 Mar 21;136(12):584-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204266; Arend SM; Westedt ML; Hogewind BL; Ziekenhuis Bronovo, afd. Interne Geneeskunde, Gravenhage.; A 47-year old man presented with general malaise, pain in several joints and muscles, lymphadenopathy, livedo reticularis, an elevated sedimentation rate and mild pancytopenia. A positive ANF, anticardiolipin antibodies and circulating immune complexes raised suspicion of an autoimmune disease. A perivascular infiltra
Intracranial tuberculosis in AIDS: CT and MRI findings.: Neuroradiology. 1992;34(1):11-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204388; Villoria MF; de la Torre J; Fortea F; Munoz L; Hernandez T; Alarcon JJ; Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital General Gregorio Maranon,; Madrid, Spain.; CT and MRI findings in 35 patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and proven intracranial tuberculosis (TB) are presented. Over 90% of the patients were intravenous drug abusers and in two-thirds TB was the first manifestation of AIDS. CT was normal in one quarter, the most frequent findings being
[Emergent infections (editorial)]: Minerva Med. 1992 Mar;83(3):85-100. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204446; Gioannini P; Pugliese A
AIDS update [news]: Nursing. 1992 Feb;22(2):23, 25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204450
Talking about A.I.D.S. Card to help consumers [news]: Nursing. 1992 Feb;22(2):8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204462
What you should know about H.I.V. testing.: Nursing. 1992 Mar;22(3):25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204467; King M
A kiss for the Irish.: Nursing. 1992 Mar;22(3):76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204477; Carley L
The detection of HIV in infants and children [letter; comment]: N Z Med J. 1992 Mar 25;105(930):112. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204503; Voss L; Lennon D
Saving babies the American way.: N Z Nurs J. 1992 Feb;85(1):14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204507; de Jong M
Clinical nurse specialists as collaborative care managers.: Nurs Manage. 1992 Mar;23(3):30-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204521; Schull DE; Tosch P; Wood M
Sentinel surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus infection in women seeking reproductive health services in the United States, 1988-1989. The Field Services Branch.: Obstet Gynecol. 1992 Apr;79(4):503-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204549; Sweeney PA; Onorato IM; Allen DM; Byers RH; Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta,; Georgia.; Cases of AIDS among women of reproductive age have increased dramatically since 1981; nearly a third of all cases among females were reported in 1990 alone. Surveillance of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among women is essential for monitoring the spread of HIV over time and identifying specific populati
Hepatitis C in obstetrics and gynecology.: Obstet Gynecol. 1992 Apr;79(4):621-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204574; Lynch-Salamon DI; Combs CA; Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, University of Cincinnati; College of Medicine, Ohio.; Because of the risk of perinatal transmission and possible sexual transmission, it is important for obstetrician-gynecologists to keep abreast of the rapidly expanding literature on hepatitis C. Acute hepatitis C represents about 5% of all reported cases of hepatitis. Approximately 50% of acute infections progress to
Court supports limit on AIDS coverage [news]: Occup Health Saf. 1992 Jan;61(1):8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204588
Nurses to be protected against AIDS, hepatitis B under new federal regulations [interview]: Pa Nurse. 1992 Mar;47(3):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204654; Joel L
Trying to prevent HIV [letter]: Nurs Times. 1992 Mar 4-10;88(10):15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204704; Brodala A
Eastern Europe: a future for Poland.: Nurs Times. 1992 Mar 4-10;88(10):38-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204718; Radford J
Lowering the odds.: Nurs Times. 1992 Feb 26-Mar 3;88(9):42-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204741; Kelly S
[The general conclusions of the II Congress of Nursing Assistants. Nursing assistants demand more information on AIDS and hepatitis (news)]: Rev Enferm. 1992 Jan;15(161):44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205154
Open freezer at NCI [news]: Science. 1992 Jan 3;255(5040):27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205307
Turnabout on AIDS drug [news]: Science. 1992 Jan 10;255(5041):154. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205325
[A follow-up study at the National Clinic for Narcotic Addicts (letter)]: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1992 Jan 30;112(3):375-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205669; Rolstad OJ
Survival of hemophilic males with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome with and without risk factors for AIDS other than hemophilia.: Am J Hematol. 1992 Apr;39(4):275-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206433; Holman RC; Rhodes PH; Chorba TL; Evatt BL; Division of Immunologic, Oncologic, and Hematologic Diseases,; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333.; Between January 1, 1981, and June 30, 1990, 1,514 hemophilia-associated acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases in males were diagnosed in the United States . In 1,394, hemophilia was reported as the sole risk factor. For an additional 120, other risk factors were reported: of 1
OSHA finalizes rules for preventing health-care workers' exposure to HIV and hepatitis B virus [news]: Am J Hosp Pharm. 1992 Feb;49(2):256-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206473
FDA to inspect AIDS buyers' clubs [news]: Am J Hosp Pharm. 1992 Feb;49(2):257. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206474
Antisocial behavior of intravenous drug abusers: implications for diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder.: Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;149(4):482-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206522; Brooner RK; Schmidt CW; Felch LJ; Bigelow GE; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.; OBJECTIVE: A pattern of chronic adult antisocial behavior is not sufficient for the DSM-III-R diagnosis of antisocial personality disorder unless the early-onset criteria are satisfied, even if the adult criteria are met. The utility of the early-onset requirement for the diagnosis was examined in intravenous drug abu
Fatigue, sleep disturbance, disability, and indices of progression of HIV infection.: Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;149(4):514-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206528; Darko DF; McCutchan JA; Kripke DF; Gillin JC; Golshan S; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, School of; Medicine, San Diego.; OBJECTIVE: The authors objective was to test the hypothesis that fatigue affects the activities and employment of subjects with HIV infection and that indices of immunosuppression and inflammation may have statistical utility in predicting fatigue and sleep disturbance. METHOD: The authors prospectively asked 112 hom
Undetected HIV infection among acutely ill psychiatric inpatients.: Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;149(4):544-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206534; Sacks M; Dermatis H; Looser-Ott S; Burton W; Perry S; Department of Psychiatry, Payne Whitney Clinic, New York; Hospital-Cornell University Medical College, NY.; Serological testing of waste bloods revealed that 25 (7%) of 350 acutely ill psychiatric inpatients had HIV infection. Eight of the 10 HIV-positive patients whose serological status was not recorded on admission were discharged with their status still unrecorded and presumably undetected. Thirty-nine (51%) of the 77 i
Mania and AIDS [letter; comment]: Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;149(4):583; discussion 583-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206558; Holmes VF
Mania and AIDS [letter]: Am J Psychiatry. 1992 Apr;149(4):583-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206559; Whitefield SG; Everett AS; Rein MF
Delay in respiratory isolation of patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Am J Infect Control. 1992 Feb;20(1):16-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206674; Lin-Greenberg A; Anez T; Jersey City Medical Center, Department of Medicine, NJ 07304.
Human immunodeficiency syndrome-associated tuberculosis: a review with an emphasis on infection control issues.: Am J Infect Control. 1992 Feb;20(1):30-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206678; Nolan CM; Seattle-King County Department of Public Health, WA 98104.
Tuberculosis in the human immunodeficiency virus era: everything old is new again.: Am J Infect Control. 1992 Feb;20(1):35-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206679; Valenti WM
Screening for tuberculous infection: an update.: Am J Infect Control. 1992 Feb;20(1):37-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206680; Pugliese G; Infection Control and Environmental Safety, American Hospital; Association, Chicago, IL 60611.
A comparison of HIV-1, HBV, and HTLV-I/II seroprevalence rates of injured patients admitted through California emergency departments.: Ann Emerg Med. 1992 Apr;21(4):397-401. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206714; Rhee KJ; Albertson TE; Kizer KW; Burns MJ; Hughes MJ; Ascher MS; Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis.; STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine the seroprevalence rates of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I/II) and to compare these rates with the HIV-1 seroprevalence rate in a sample of injured patients admitted through ten California emergency departments. DESIGN: Prospective blinded testing for serol
The effect of combinations of ampligen and zidovudine or dideoxyinosine against human immunodeficiency viruses in vitro.: Antiviral Res. 1992 Feb;17(2):169-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206872; O'Marro SD; Armstrong JA; Asuncion C; Gueverra L; Ho M; AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, Graduate School of Public Health,; University of Pittsburgh, PA 15261.; The combinations of ampligen and zidovudine at ratios of 100:1, 25:1, 10:1, and 1:50 acted synergistically to reduce cytopathology caused by HIV in MT-2 cell cultures. Combination indices were less than 1 at all of these ratios representing different combinations of concentrations and at 3 effective doses (ED30, ED50,
The biology of Pneumocystis carinii.: Crit Rev Microbiol. 1992;18(3):191-216. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207383; Smulian AG; Walzer PD; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Department of; Internal Medicine, OH 45267.
Pneumocystis carinii infection in the middle ear.: Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992 Mar;118(3):269-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207453; Park S; Wunderlich H; Goldenberg RA; Marshall M; Department of Internal Medicine, Wright State University School; of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio.; Pneumocystis carinii is the opportunistic pathogen frequently causing pneumonitis in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Extrapulmonic manifestation of P carinii is unusual and is commonly associated with severe systemic illness, other immune deficiency status, malignancy, or immune suppression. We describe a case
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) seroconversion during pregnancy does not increase the risk of perinatal transmission [letter; comment]: Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1992 Feb;99(2):171-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207876; Johnstone FD
Life-threatening Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;14(2):403-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208118; Kielhofner M; Atmar RL; Hamill RJ; Musher DM; Medical Service (Infectious Disease Section), Houston Veterans; Affairs Medical Center, Texas 77030.; Bacterial infections are a well-described complication of AIDS. However, relatively few reports have described infections due to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in adults who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Seven cases of serious P. aeruginosa infection in HIV-infected patients occurred during 12 mont
Susceptibility of Streptococcus pneumoniae to penicillin: a prospective microbiological and clinical study.: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;14(2):427-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208122; Garcia-Leoni ME; Cercenado E; Rodeno P; Bernaldo de Quiros JC; Martinez-Hernandez D; Bouza E; Servicio de Microbiologia Clinica, Hospital General Gregorio; Maranon, Madrid, Spain.; We performed a prospective study of all infections with Streptococcus pneumoniae documented during a 22-month period at our hospital. A total of 163 clinically significant strains of S. pneumoniae were isolated from 139 patients whose ages ranged from 8 days to 91 years (mean +/- SD, 42.6 years +/- 26.8 years). Twenty
Disseminated coinfection with Mycobacterium avium complex and Mycobacterium kansasii in a patient with AIDS and liver abscess [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;14(2):618-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208152; Massenkeil G; Opravil M; Salfinger M; von Graevenitz A; Luthy R
Immunosuppression in HIV-infected transplant recipients [comment]: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;14(2):622-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208156; Baum KF
Counterpoint: nurse-assisted suicide.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):23-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208209; MacIntyre R
Point: nurse-assisted suicide.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):23-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208210; Kelber MB
Promoting wellness in HIV-support groups.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):28-38. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208211; Kendall J; This investigation explored the views, meanings, and perspectives of male homosexuals who sought help from each other in community support groups. They sought support to face the sometimes overwhelming reality of living with the life-threatening effects of HIV infection. The research design was qualitative, using a na
Work-related activities to improve quality of life in HIV disease.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):39-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208212; Ragsdale D; Kotarba JA; Morrow JR Jr; The authors conducted an ethnographic analysis of various ways that persons with AIDS (PWAs) manage their illness in order to improve quality of life. According to Anselm Strauss (1975), illness management involves work: The activities associated with work change as disease-related symptomatology presents different re
Preventive therapy for HIV-infected people who have a PPD greater than 5 mm regardless of past BCG vaccination [letter]: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208214; Quint E
PPD testing following BCG vaccination [letter]: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208215; Allen MA
Difficult choices [editorial]: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208216; Freeman E
Pleurocerebral Nocardia in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus.: Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Feb;26(2):188-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208399; Idemyor V; Cherubin CE; Department of Pharmaceutical Services, Mercy Hospital and Medical; Center, Chicago, IL 60616.; OBJECTIVE: To report a case of Nocardia asteroides pneumonia and subsequent brain abscess in an immunocompromised host. SETTING: Private, community, teaching hospital. PATIENT: A man readmitted to the hospital for a third time with a fatal brain abscess, after responding to (misdirected) therapy in previous admissions
A study of adverse effects of high-dose intravenous (pulse) methylprednisolone therapy in patients with rheumatic disease.: Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Mar;26(3):316-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208423; Baethge BA; Lidsky MD; Goldberg JW; Center of Excellence for Arthritis & Rheumatology, Louisiana; State University Medical Center, Shreveport.; OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of significant adverse effects associated with high-dose intravenous methylprednisolone therapy (HIVMP) given as methylprednisolone 1 g/d for three consecutive days. DESIGN: Retrospective study of consecutive patients. SETTING: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC),
Effects of heat treatment on selected plasma therapeutic drug concentrations.: Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Mar;26(3):338-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208428; Delaney RA; Mikkelsen SL; Jackson MB; Clinical Research Laboratory, Keesler Technical Training Center; Medical Center, Keesler Air Force Base, MS 39534.; OBJECTIVE: We investigated the heat stability of six common therapeutic drugs routinely assayed in pharmacokinetic and clinical laboratories. DESIGN: Serum samples were spiked at three concentrations (subtherapeutic, therapeutic, and potentially toxic) with amikacin, gentamicin, tobramycin, phenytoin, theophylline, an
Rapidly progressing mesothelioma in an HIV-positive patient [letter]: Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Mar;26(3):429. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208443; Idemyor V; Cherubin CE
The community drug team.: Br J Addict. 1992 Feb;87(2):169-78. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208589; Strang J; Smith M; Spurrell S; South Southwark Community Drug Team, Maudsley Hospital, London,; UK.; The creation of a network of nearly 100 community drug teams (CDTs) across the UK stands as the most significant expansion to occur within drug services during the 1980s. Key characteristics include the narrowly defined geographical focus, the community emphasis, the multi-disciplinary composition and the promotion of
HIV, substance use and related behaviour of gay and bisexual men: an examination of the talking sex project cohort.: Br J Addict. 1992 Feb;87(2):207-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208593; Myers T; Rowe CJ; Tudiver FG; Kurtz RG; Jackson EA; Orr KW; Bullock SL; Department of Health Administration, Community Health Division,; Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; This paper reports on the substance use of 612 gay and bisexual men who participated in an HIV risk reduction project. Use/non-use, level of substance use, and reported frequency of use prior to sexual activity were examined in relation to number of sexual partners, sexual activities, HIV antibody test seeking behavio
Estimated prevalence of injecting drug use in Glasgow [see comments]: Br J Addict. 1992 Feb;87(2):235-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208596; Frischer M; Communicable Diseases (Scotland) Unit, Ruchill Hospital, Glasgow.; The prevalence of injecting drug use in Glasgow during 1989 was derived using log-linear analysis to model the relationship between unnamed identifier information obtained from Strathclyde Police, the Scottish HIV-test Reporting Scheme and Treatment Agencies. Whereas previous attempts have required, although rarely de
Addressing the fears of HIV transmission in dental practice.: J Can Dent Assoc. 1992 Mar;58(3):193-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208755; Hardie J; Department of dentistry, Vancouver General Hospital, B.C.; Recent surveys indicate that dental personnel are prepared to provide care for HIV+/AIDS patients, but do so with some reluctance. Their specific concerns have been identified and an attempt has been made to allay these fears by examining them from scientific, clinical, epidemiologic and historical perspectives. These
Five cases of erroneously diagnosed HIV infection [letter]: Can Med Assoc J. 1992 Apr 1;146(7):1152. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208795; Righter J
AIDS becomes a sports issue.: Can Med Assoc J. 1992 Apr 15;146(8):1437, 1440. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208834; Gray C
Cystic pulmonary lesions in AIDS.: Clin Radiol. 1992 Mar;45(3):149-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209182; Tung KT; Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Westminster Hospital, London.
The radiological appearances of bone lymphoma in AIDS.: Clin Radiol. 1992 Mar;45(3):169-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209185; Banerjee AK; Marshall T; Gazzard BG; Department of Radiology and Medicine, Westminster Hospital,; London.
Case report: disseminated Pneumocystis carinii infection in a patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome causing thyroid gland calcification and hypothyroidism.: Clin Radiol. 1992 Mar;45(3):209-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209199; McCarty M; Coker R; Claydon E; Department of Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, London.; We present the case of a homosexual male patient with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) who developed disseminated infection with Pneumocystis carinii. He presented with symptoms and signs of thyroid disease, and developed thyroid gland calcification. This was later histologically proven to be due to P. c
Pulmonary manifestations of typhoid fever. Two case reports and a review of the literature [see comments]: Chest. 1992 Apr;101(4):1144-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209264; Sharma AM; Sharma OP; Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical; Center.
Pulmonary complications from alveolar accumulation of carbonaceous material in a cocaine smoker.: Chest. 1992 Apr;101(4):1171-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209278; Klinger JR; Bensadoun E; Corrao WM; Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903.; A 27-year-old woman presented with cough, fever, and pulmonary infiltrates after heavy cocaine smoking. Large amounts of carbonaceous material and pigment-laden macrophages were recovered by bronchoalveolar lavage. Alveolar deposition of particulate matter from heavy cocaine smoking has not been previously reported an
Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Successful treatment with talc pleurodesis.: Chest. 1992 Apr;101(4):1177-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209281; Tunon-de-Lara JM; Constans J; Vincent MP; Receveur MC; Conri C; Taytard A; Service des Maladies Respiratoires, Hopital du; Haut-Leveque-CHU de Bordeaux, Pessac, France.; Spontaneous pneumothoraces occur in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. However, treatment with tube insertion and tetracycline sclerosis often fails to prevent recurrence. We present a single case of such a patient successfully treated with talc sclerosis.
Pulmonary tuberculosis in sputum-negative Brazilian AIDS patients [letter]: Chest. 1992 Apr;101(4):1184. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209286; Schechter M; Teixeira ML; Carvalho AC; Perez MA
Incidence of anti-HTLV-1 antibody in liver disease.: Gastroenterol Jpn. 1992 Feb;27(1):37-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209953; Nakano H; Sata M; Hino K; Aritaka T; Maruyama N; Hino T; Abe H; Tanikawa K; Mizokami M; Second Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of; Medicine, Japan.; Positivity for serum anti-HTLV-1 antibody (anti-HTLV-1) in 171 patients with various chronic liver diseases and 22 asymptomatic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers was compared with that of 200 healthy controls in the Chikugo district of Japan . The rate of anti-HTLV-1 positivity in pat
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (lymphoma type) with remarkable gastric lesions: a case report.: Gastroenterol Jpn. 1992 Feb;27(1):95-101. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209962; Katabami S; Hinoda Y; Ohe Y; Aoki S; Nakagawa N; Kondoh Y; Tsujisaki M; Imai K; Yachi A; Department of Internal Medicine (Section 1), Sapporo Medical; College, Japan.; We report a case of a 53-year-old woman with adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) (lymphoma type) with multiple gastric lesions, admitted to our hospital because of systemic lymphadenopathy and epigastralgia. Gastroscopy showed a variety of gastric lesions including thickened folds, ulcerations and polypoid lesions. B
Cluster analysis of the metastatic patterns of human immunodeficiency virus-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.: Hum Pathol. 1992 Mar;23(3):306-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210112; Lee WA; Hutchins GM; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,; Baltimore, MD.; Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) is a pleomorphic spindle cell lesion whose incidence has markedly increased among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), especially among those whose primary risk factor is homo/bisexual transmission. The question as to whether KS is even a true neoplasm still remains larg
Exteroceptive suppression of temporalis muscle activity in various types of headache.: Headache. 1992 Jan;32(1):41-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210288; Paulus W; Raubuchl O; Straube A; Schoenen J; Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich,; Germany.; Exteroceptive suppression (ES) of temporalis muscle activity, particularly the multisynaptic ES2, has been reported to be significantly reduced in tension type headache, but not in migraine. We re-evaluated the methods of optimally analysing the single shock technique and its intra- and inter-individual variability in
AIDS in Arkansas statistics 1983-1991.: J Ark Med Soc. 1992 Feb;88(9):451-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210479
OLIGSCAN: a computer program to assist in the design of PCR primers homologous to multiple DNA sequences.: J Virol Methods. 1992 Feb;36(2):119-28. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210676; Montpetit ML; Cassol S; Salas T; O'Shaughnessy MV; Federal Centre for AIDS, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa,; Ontario.; OLIGSCAN (oligonucleotide scanner) is a computer program for IBM-PC-compatible computers that allows the user to scan up to 200 DNA sequences for homology to oligonucleotide sequences of interest. Once a core sequence of longer than the user-defined minimum length is found, the remainder of the oligonucleotide is comp
Alternative confirmatory strategy for anti-HIV antibody detection [published erratum appears in J Virol Methods 1992 Aug;38(2):263-4]: J Virol Methods. 1992 Feb;36(2):159-69. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210680; Nkengasong J; Van Kerckhoven I; Vercauteren G; Piot P; van der Groen G; Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine,; Antwerp, Belgium.; Enzyme immuno assays for simultaneous screening of antibodies to HIV-1 and HIV-2 (EIA HIV-1 + HIV-2) have recently been developed. Confirming all reactive EIA HIV-1/2 screening results by Western blot (WB) for HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibodies is expensive. Six different EIA HIV-1/2 screening assays and one supplemental Line
Simultaneous separation and purification of mononuclear and polymorphonuclear cells from the peripheral blood of cats.: J Virol Methods. 1992 Feb;36(2):185-95. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210683; Toth TE; Smith B; Pyle H; Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine,; Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24061.; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and polymorphonuclear cells (PMNC) play important roles in immunodeficiency diseases and AIDS-like syndromes in cats caused by feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and presumably also when caused by feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV). For comparative or functional studies it is advan
Proliferation-dependent HIV-1 infection of monocytes occurs during differentiation into macrophages.: J Clin Invest. 1992 Apr;89(4):1154-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210711; Schuitemaker H; Kootstra NA; Koppelman MH; Bruisten SM; Huisman HG; Tersmette M; Miedema F; Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion; Service, Amsterdam.; Requirements for the establishment of productive infection with the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in primary monocytes were investigated. In vitro, monocytes rendered susceptible for infection after at least a 2-d culture, but when cultured in the presence of differentiation-inducing agent IL-4, accelera
Zidovudine induces molecular, biochemical, and ultrastructural changes in rat skeletal muscle mitochondria.: J Clin Invest. 1992 Apr;89(4):1354-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210736; Lewis W; Gonzalez B; Chomyn A; Papoian T; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of; California, Los Angeles School of Medicine.; Zidovudine ( AZT ) inhibits HIV-1 replication in AIDS. A limiting side effect is AZT-induced toxic myopathy. Molecular changes in a rat model of AZT-induced toxic myopathy in vivo helped define pathogenetic molecular, biochemical, and ultrastructural to
The relationship between knowledge, attitudes and degree of contact with AIDS and HIV.: J Adv Nurs. 1992 Feb;17(2):198-203. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210929; Robbins I; Cooper A; Bender MP; Department of Psychology, Polytechnic South West, Plymouth,; Devon, England.; This study examined the relationship between knowledge, attitudes, and degree of contact with AIDS and HIV for three groups of people: nurses, psychology students and design students using a standardized questionnaire. The questionnaire differentiated between the groups on all three dimensions with nurses having most
Assessment of nutritional status, nutrient intake, and nutrition support in AIDS patients.: J Am Diet Assoc. 1992 Apr;92(4):477-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210953; Trujillo EB; Borlase BC; Bell SJ; Guenther KJ; Swails W; Queen PM; Trujillo JR; Department of Dietetics, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston,; MA 02215.
Zidovudine-induced hepatitis.: J Intern Med. 1992 Mar;231(3):317-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211293; Gradon JD; Chapnick EK; Sepkowitz DV; Division of Infectious Diseases, Maimonides Medical Center,; Brooklyn, New York.; A case of acute hepatitis induced by zidovudine in a 38-year-old patient with AIDS is presented. The mechanism whereby the hepatitis was induced is not known. However, the patient tolerated well an alternative reverse transcriptase inhibitor, 2 3 dideoxyinosine. Physicians caring for patients with AIDS should be awar
Oral Histoplasma capsulatum infection in association with HIV infection: a case report.: J Oral Pathol Med. 1992 Feb;21(2):85-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211577; Heinic GS; Greenspan D; MacPhail LA; Schiodt M; Miyasaki SH; Kaufman L; Greenspan JS; Department of Stomatology, University of California San Francisco; 94143-0512.; The fungus Histoplasma capsulatum causes histoplasmosis, the most common endemic respiratory mycosis in the United States . Disseminated histoplasmosis in adults is often associated with immunosuppression, such as occurs in HIV infection. We report a case of oral histoplasmosis in an HI
Sialochemistry in human immunodeficiency virus associated salivary gland disease.: J Rheumatol. 1992 Jan;19(1):26-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211665; Schiodt M; Atkinson JC; Greenspan D; Fox PC; Dodd CL; Daniels TE; Greenspan JS; Department of Stomatology, University of California, San; Francisco.; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated salivary gland disease is defined as the presence of enlargement of one or more major salivary glands and/or diminished salivary function in an HIV infected individual. It has a number of similarities to, as well as differences from, Sjogren s syndrome (SS). We studied the
From the Centers for Disease Control. Attitudes of parents of high school students about AIDS, drug, and sex education in schools--Rome, Italy, 1991.: JAMA. 1992 Apr 22-29;267(16):2160, 2163. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211768
From the Centers for Disease Control. Human T-lymphotropic virus type II among Guaymi Indians--Panama.: JAMA. 1992 Apr 22-29;267(16):2163-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211769
Clinical and immunologic effects of lipid-based parenteral nutrition in AIDS [see comments]: JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 1992 Mar-Apr;16(2):165-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211808; Singer P; Rubinstein A; Askanazi J; Calvelli T; Lazarus T; Kirvela O; Katz DP; Department of Anesthesiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx,; NY 10467.; The effect of lipid-based parenteral nutrition was assessed in eight patients with AIDS and weight loss of 10% or greater. All patients received home parenteral nutrition consisting of a lipid-based system with 50% of nonprotein calories given as fat. Measurements were made of body weight, serum albumin, and immune fu
Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus infections in a New York City alcoholic population.: J Stud Alcohol. 1992 Jan;53(1):76-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211945; Jacobson JM; Worner TM; Sacks HS; Lieber CS; Infectious Diseases Section, Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical; Center, New York 10468.; Alcoholics have previously been reported to have an increased susceptibility to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Since human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is transmitted in a similar fashion, we studied 143 consecutive in- and outpatient alcoholics residing in New York City for HIV and HBV prevalence and associated r
In vitro production of HIV-1 specific antibodies from at risk seronegative subjects.: Microbiologica. 1992 Jan;15(1):29-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212173; Quarto M; Fiore JR; Chironna M; Fontana A; Germinario C; Troiano T; Fico C; Congedo P; Grottola A; Monno L; et al; Institute of Hygiene, University of Bari, Italy.; We investigated a group of well characterized seronegative subjects at risk for HIV-1 infection including heterosexual partners of HIV-1 infected subjects and intravenous drug abusers. Pokeweed mitogen (PWM)-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were studied for their ability to produce antibodies agai
HIV-1 isolation from small amounts of whole blood: a technical evaluation.: Microbiologica. 1992 Jan;15(1):35-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212174; Fiore JR; Angarano G; Fico C; Di Stefano M; Grottola A; Monno L; Fracasso C; Pastore G; Clinic of Infectious Diseases, University of Bari, Italy.; We have evaluated a simple and sensitive culture technique for isolation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) from small amounts of whole blood. Data shown in the paper demonstrate that: 1) cell cultures from small amounts of heparinized whole blood (HWB) allow a high isolation rate in infected subjects at a
Underreporting of AIDS, New South Wales, 1988-1989.: Med J Aust. 1992 Apr 6;156(7):452-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212190; McAnulty JM; Rubin GL; Rushworth RL; Kaldor J; Epidemiology and Health Services Evaluation Branch, New South; Wales Health Department, North Sydney.; OBJECTIVE: To determine the completeness of medical practitioner reporting of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in New South Wales and the reasons for underreporting. DESIGN: We compared the number of patients with AIDS reported to the National AIDS Register by medical practitioners from 1 July 1
HIV infection in two brothers receiving intravenous therapy for hemophilia.: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992 Apr 10;41(14):228-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212265; In January 1992, a state health department notified CDC about a 4-year-old boy with hemophilia who had become infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The virus was genetically similar to that of his 8-year-old brother, who had been previously infected with HIV through receipt of unscreened blood products for
Selected behaviors that increase risk for HIV infection among high school students--United States, 1990.: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992 Apr 10;41(14):231, 237-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212266; From January 1987 through December 1991, the cumulative number of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) cases among adolescents aged 13-19 years in the United States increased from 127 to 789, and in 1989, AIDS became the sixth leading cause of death for persons aged 15-24 years. B
Public health uses of HIV-infection reports--South Carolina, 1986-1991.: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992 Apr 17;41(15):247-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212267; In the United States , public health officials use acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) surveillance data to monitor trends, manage resources within communities, and identify specific needs of special populations (1). In addition to AIDS surveillance, 24 states require confidential
Update: serologic testing for human T-lymphotropic virus type I--United States, 1989 and 1990.: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992 Apr 17;41(15):259-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212270; Human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)* is a retrovirus that has been identified as a cause of human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma and tropical spastic paraparesis; HTLV-II is closely related to HTLV-I but has not been linked to human illness. Both viruses can be transmitted through blood transfusion and injecting-drug
Extreme elevations of serum lactic dehydrogenase differentiating pulmonary toxoplasmosis from Pneumocystis pneumonia [letter]: N Engl J Med. 1992 Apr 30;326(18):1226. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212419; Pugin J; Vanhems P; Hirschel B; Chave JP; Flepp M
Retinal lesions in children treated with dideoxyinosine [letter]: N Engl J Med. 1992 Apr 30;326(18):1226-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212420; Whitcup SM; Butler KM; Pizzo PA; Nussenblatt RB
Genetics and the public interest [editorial] [see comments]: Nature. 1992 Apr 2;356(6368):365-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212441; The seemingly endless studies of the ethical connotations of genetics serve a valuable role in general understanding even if the ethical problems involved are often insubstantial.
Conjoint report. To the North Carolina Medical Society and the North Carolina Commission for Health Services.: N C Med J. 1992 Feb;53(2):75-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212473; Levine RH
[Insurance medicine aspects of HIV infection: is an HIV seropositive patient able to work and an AIDS patient work disabled?]: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1992 Mar 28;136(13):609-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212493; Faas WA; van der Stelt HG; Gemeenschappelijke Medische Dienst, Amsterdam.
Hepatobiliary scintigraphy in the diagnosis of AIDS-related sclerosing cholangitis.: Nucl Med Commun. 1992 Mar;13(3):154-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212557; Buscombe JR; Miller RF; Ell PJ; Institute of Nuclear Medicine, UCMSM, Middlesex Hospital, London,; UK.; Twenty human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients were studied who presented with right upper quadrant abdominal pain, with or without abnormal biochemical liver function tests, in whom AIDS-related sclerosing cholangitis (ASC) was suspected. The results obtained from hepatobiliary scintigraphy using 99Tcm-I
American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric AIDS: Guidelines for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected children and their foster families.: Pediatrics. 1992 Apr;89(4 Pt 1):681-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212648
HIV and day care [letter; comment]: Pediatrics. 1992 Apr;89(4 Pt 1):690. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212658; Fenster DL
Ingestion of cylindrical and button batteries: an analysis of 2382 cases [see comments]: Pediatrics. 1992 Apr;89(4 Pt 2):747-57. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212670; Litovitz T; Schmitz BF; National Capital Poison Center, Georgetown University Hospital,; Washington, DC.; During a 7-year period, 2382 cases of battery ingestion were reported to a national registry. Button cells were ingested by 2320 of these patients; 62 patients ingested cylindrical cells. These cases are analyzed to reassess current therapeutic recommendations, hypotheses about battery-induced injury, and strategies f
American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric AIDS: Perinatal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing.: Pediatrics. 1992 Apr;89(4 Pt 2):791-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212682
Anti-idiotype monoclonal antibody elicits broadly neutralizing anti-gp120 antibodies in monkeys.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 1;89(7):2546-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212866; Kang CY; Nara P; Chamat S; Caralli V; Chen A; Nguyen ML; Yoshiyama H; Morrow WJ; Ho DD; Kohler H; IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corporation, La Jolla, CA 92037.; Murine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were raised against human, polyclonal, anti-gp120 antibodies (Ab1) and were selected for binding to broadly neutralizing anti-gp120 antibodies in sera positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). One anti-idiotype mAb (Ab2), 3C9, was found to be specific for human anti-gp120 ant
Specific binding of arginine to TAR RNA.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 1;89(7):2723-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212901; Tao J; Frankel AD; Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02142.; A single arginine residue within the basic region of the human immunodeficiency virus Tat protein mediates specific binding of Tat peptides to a three-nucleotide bulge in TAR RNA. It has been proposed that arginine recognizes TAR by forming a network of hydrogen bonds with two structurally distinct phosphates, an inte
Prevalence of mental disorders in newly admitted medical inpatients with AIDS.: Psychosomatics. 1992 Spring;33(2):166-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213160; Snyder S; Reyner A; Schmeidler J; Bogursky E; Gomez H; Strain JJ; Division of Behavioral Medicine and Consultation Psychiatry,; Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029.; The authors evaluated 42 newly admitted medical inpatients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) using DSM-III-R criteria and obtained quantitative ratings of psychiatric morbidity using standard instruments. A current Axis I disorder was present in 61.9% of the patients. Organic mental disorders predominate
Reevaluation of organ transplantation criteria. Allocation of scarce resources to borderline candidates.: Psychosomatics. 1992 Spring;33(2):202-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213164; Surman OS; Purtilo R; Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.; Organ transplantation in the 1960s proceeded according to a lifeboat ethics formula with physicians acting as gatekeepers. Selection of transplant recipients is now based on medical urgency and waiting time. Some candidates continue to be given low priority by virtue of psychological impairment. The three As--advanced
[AIDS therapy--does the future lie in a combination of substances? (news)]: Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 1992 Mar 24;81(13):420. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213321
The oral mucosa as a mirror of general health or disease.: Scand J Dent Res. 1992 Feb;100(1):9-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213389; Axell T; Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Lund; University, Malmo, Sweden.; There is a close relationship between general health/disease and oral mucosal reactions. Many diseases show unspecific or specific changes which may evolve throughout the course of the disease but the mucosal reaction may also constitute the initial clinical sign of the disease. Among the broad spectrum of conditions/
Women and AIDS in developing countries.: Soc Sci Med. 1992 Feb;34(3):249-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213503; de Bruyn M; It is estimated that 8-10 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, the virus causing AIDS; a large proportion live in developing countries. A review of the recent literature reveals that the impact of HIV/AIDS is particularly great on women in developing countries for four reasons. (1) Stereotypes related to HI
Some aspects of sexual behaviour and the potential demographic impact of AIDS in developing countries.: Soc Sci Med. 1992 Feb;34(3):271-80. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213505; Anderson RM; Imperial College, London University, U.K.; This review examines recent research on the influence of heterogeneity in sexual behaviour on the transmission dynamics of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the aetiological agent of AIDS. Attention is focused on the potential demographic impact of AIDS in developing countries and how this is influenced by the s
Delegates maintain stand on HIV-infected physicians [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):30-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213655
AIDS research center established to consolidate programs [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213658
Sexually transmitted diseases target of major new grant [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213659
Test detects AIDS virus in early stages [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213660
Protesting mandatory HIV testing of physicians [letter]: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213665; McShan MW
Legal 'doctorcide'? [letter]: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):9-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213666; Cook J
Medicaid, AIDS bills among last-minute action by Congress [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Feb;88(2):34-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213668; Ortolon K
Literature available on managing first AIDS patient [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Feb;88(2):65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213670
Take note: HBV is serious threat [news]: Tex Med. 1992 Feb;88(2):66-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213672; Grimes RM; AIDS Regional Education and Training Center for Texas, University; of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public; Health.
[Evaluate the HIV test correctly! (letter)]: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1992 Mar 10;112(7):927. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213749; Samdal HH; Orstavik I
Ultrastructural pathology of human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Ultrastruct Pathol. 1992 Jan-Apr;16(1-2):179-210. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213835; Orenstein JM; Department of Pathology, George Washington University Medical; Center, Washington, DC 20037.; The electron microscope has been used with great skill in many aspects of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It has played a critical role in classifying the human immunodeficiency virus, in characterizing the morphogenesis and gene products of the virus, and in elucidating the host cell targets and interactions.
A comparative study of natural killer cell activity, lymphoproliferation, and cell phenotypes in nonhuman primates.: Vet Pathol. 1992 Jan;29(1):53-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213897; Rappocciolo G; Allan JS; Eichberg JW; Chanh TC; Department of Virology and Immunology, Southwest Foundation for; Biomedical Research, San Antonio, TX.; Three different species of nonhuman primates (baboons [Papio hamadryas], rhesus monkeys [Macaca mulatta], and African green monkeys [Cercopithecus aethiops]) were evaluated for their natural killer cell activity, and for the ability of their peripheral blood mononuclear cells to proliferate in response to known mitoge
Characteristics and outcome variables of HIV cases at a university-based medical practice.: W V Med J. 1992 Feb;88(2):46-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213953; Zarraga AL; Hernandez J; Mufson MA; Department of Medicine, Marshall University School of Medicine,; Huntington, WV.; An increasing number of AIDS cases occur each year in West Virginia despite its small urban population. From January 1984 to March 1991 at the Marshall University based multispecialty internal medicine group (the University Physicians in Internal Medicine), 66 HIV-infected persons were treated, most of whom are native
Hemophilia--an ancient disease with new problems and new solutions [clinical conference]: W V Med J. 1992 Feb;88(2):50-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213954; Rogers JS 2d; Ritchey AK; A bleeding disorder occurring in brothers was described by Talmudic rabbis in 500 A.D. Hemophilia A is now known to be due to a sex-linked deficiency of plasma factor VIII activity. The isolation of factor VIII from plasma in lyophilized concentrate has provided effective treatment and resulted in significant health a
Management of the complications of human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Adv Intern Med. 1992;37:133-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214346; Safrin S; Volberding P; University of California, San Francisco.
Parvovirus B19 and human disease.: Adv Intern Med. 1992;37:431-55. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214361; Torok TJ; Epidemiology Section, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta,; Georgia.
Fibromyalgia syndrome in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. The Boston City Hospital Clinical AIDS Team.: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):368-74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214471; Simms RW; Zerbini CA; Ferrante N; Anthony J; Felson DT; Craven DE; Arthritis Section, Boston University School of Medicine,; Massachusetts 02118.; PURPOSE: To prospectively assess rheumatic manifestations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease in a municipal hospital clinic population in which intravenous drug use was the most common risk factor for HIV infection. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Patients with documented HIV infection were evaluated for rheumatic di
Hepatobiliary complications in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):404-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214476; Bonacini M; Department of Medicine, Truman Medical Center, Kansas City,; Missouri.; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been associated with a number of hepatic and biliary tract disorders. Case reports, series of liver biopsies, and postmortem studies that examined the hepatobiliary system were retrieved with a MEDLARS search and form the basis of this review. The liver and biliary trac
Esophageal disease in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: etiology, diagnosis, and management [see comments]: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):412-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214477; Wilcox CM; Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine,; Atlanta, Georgia 30303.; Esophageal disease is a common complication and cause of morbidity in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Opportunistic esophageal diseases may occur in patients with long-standing infection or may be the initial manifestation of HIV disease. Although a variety of both opportunistic and nonoppo
Chagas' disease: another cause of cerebral mass in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [see comments]: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):429-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214479; Gluckstein D; Ciferri F; Ruskin J; Division of Infectious Diseases, Kaiser Permanente Medical; Center, Los Angeles, California 90027.; We report the first case of Chagas disease causing a brain mass in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The illness occurred in a patient living outside a traditional chagasic endemic area and represented reactivation of long dormant Trypanosoma cruzi infection. A Salvadoran-born resident of the
Renal aspergilloma: an unusual cause of infection in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [see comments]: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):437-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214481; Halpern M; Szabo S; Hochberg E; Hammer GS; Lin J; Gurtman AC; Sacks HS; Shapiro RS; Hirschman SZ; Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New; York.; The case of a 36-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and a renal aspergilloma is reported. Aspergillus infections are uncommon in patients with AIDS. Isolated renal aspergillomas have rarely been reported in the non-AIDS population (14 cases) and have never been reported in a patient with A
Rapid relapse of cryptococcal meningitis after termination of maintenance fluconazole in AIDS [letter]: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):449-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214486; Haglund LA; Greenfield RA
Pyrimethamine concentrations in serum during treatment of acute murine experimental toxoplasmosis.: Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Mar;46(3):288-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214736; Weiss LM; Luft BJ; Tanowitz HB; Wittner M; Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,; Bronx, New York.; Central nervous system toxoplasmosis is a major opportunistic infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The standard therapy for this infection is pyrimethamine (PYR) and sulfonamides. To assess in vivo if PYR alone could adequately treat toxoplasmosis, a murine model of acute toxoplasmosis was us
Newsletters respond to AIDS and to cancer information overload [news]: Ann Allergy. 1992 Apr;68(4):A-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214837
Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to vancomycin.: Ann Allergy. 1992 Apr;68(4):345-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214847; Vidal C; Gonzalez Quintela A; Fuente R; Clinica Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain.; Toxic epidermal necrolysis due to vancomycin is reported in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. The same patient had anaphylaxis to cloxacillin but tolerated other penicillin derivatives. These reactions were documented using in vivo and in vitro tests. The role of human immunodeficiency virus infec
Intracerebral bacillary angiomatosis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus [see comments]: Ann Intern Med. 1992 May 1;116(9):740-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214871; Spach DH; Panther LA; Thorning DR; Dunn JE; Plorde JJ; Miller RA; University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle.
[Co-operative on salvage chemotherapy with VP-16 for malignant lymphoma. Hanshin Study Group on Treatment for Hematological Disorders]: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 1992 Apr;19(4):497-503. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214965; Miyazaki E; Takemoto Y; Kanamaru A; Kakishita E; Nagai K; Masaoka T; Shibata H; Horiuti A; Tsubaki K; Yonezawa T; et al; Second Dept. of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine,; Nishinomiya, Japan.; Forty one patients with refractory malignant lymphoma were treated with a combination of VP-16, ACM, BH-AC, MTX and PDN as a salvage chemotherapy. These patients were either resistant to frontline therapy or refractory in their relapses. Three patients (7%) achieved a complete remission and 14 patients (34%) attained
Antimycobacterial therapy for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: Arch Intern Med. 1992 Apr;152(4):813-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215034; Kerlikowske KM; Katz MH; Chan AK; Perez-Stable EJ; Department of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs; Hospital, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0320.; BACKGROUND--Antimycobacterial therapy for disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (DMAC) in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) may ameliorate symptoms and decrease bacteremia. However, no studies have demonstrated improved survival in patients with AIDS treated for DMAC. We assessed the effects o
Successful implementation of a long-term care unit for patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in an underserved suburban area with a high incidence of human immunodeficiency virus.: Arch Intern Med. 1992 Apr;152(4):823-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215035; Glatt AE; Risbrook AT; Jenna RW; Division of Infectious Diseases, Nassau County Medical Center,; East Meadow, NY 11554.; BACKGROUND--Long Island (NY) has the highest incidence of human immunodeficiency virus infection of any suburban area in the United States . Until 1988, however, no patient with the acquired immunodeficiency virus had been admitted to any one of the 61 Long Island nursing home facilitie
Zidovudine-induced leukocytoclastic vasculitis.: Arch Intern Med. 1992 Apr;152(4):850-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215040; Torres RA; Lin RY; Lee M; Barr MR; Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center,; New York, NY 10011.; Cutaneous reactions, including acne, pruritus, urticaria, and nail dyschromia, have been associated with zidovudine use. Cutaneous leukocytoclastic vasculitis is characterized by distinctive patterns of dermal perivascular inflammation without visceral involvement. We treated two cases of cutaneous leukocytoclastic va
Pneumocystis carinii peritonitis. Antemortem confirmation of disseminated pneumocystosis by cytologic examination of body fluids.: Arch Intern Med. 1992 Apr;152(4):867-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215044; Mathews WC; Bozzette SA; Harrity S; Meurer W; Viesca T; Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego.; Histologic confirmation of extrapulmonary Pneumocystis carinii infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome has usually required organ biopsy when the diagnosis was made antemortem. Three cases of Pneumocystis peritonitis were studied in which confirmation of extrapulmonary dissemination was achieved by cytolog
Upper gastrointestinal disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals [letter; comment]: Arch Intern Med. 1992 Apr;152(4):881-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215050; Rolston KV; Rodriguez S
Event-related potentials in human immunodeficiency virus infection. A prospective study.: Arch Neurol. 1992 Apr;49(4):396-400. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215207; Messenheimer JA; Robertson KR; Wilkins JW; Kalkowski JC; Hall CD; Department of Neurology, AIDS Neurologic Center, University of; North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599.; P3 event-related evoked potentials (ERP) were recorded from 47 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive subjects examined twice and 29 HIV-positive subjects examined three times at 6-month intervals. The P3 latency significantly increased over time for asymptomatic subjects and subjects with acquired immunodeficien
OSHA requires AIDS, hepatitis protection [news]: ASHA. 1992 Feb;34(2):7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215283
Entering first-year residents' experiences and knowledge of infection control of hepatitis B and HIV, at five university-affiliated hospitals.: Acad Med. 1992 Apr;67(4):275-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215332; Goetz A; Yu CM; Muder RR; Infectious Disease Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center,; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15240.; In 1990, the authors surveyed 149 entering first-year residents at five university-affiliated hospitals concerning the residents experiences and knowledge of infection control. Sixty residents (40%) had experienced a needlestick injury during medical school, but only 35 of these residents (58%) had reported the misha
Potential availability of transplantable organs according to factors associated with type of injury event.: Accid Anal Prev. 1992 Apr;24(2):193-200. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215360; Waller JA; Haisch CE; Skelly JM; Department of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.; Potential availability of transplantable organs from different types of injury fatalities was studied. Factors examined included target organ damage or disease, age of potential donor, duration of survival before circulatory arrest, and universal rejection factors such as sepsis, HIV infection, or systemic malignancy.
Breastfeeding and HIV [news]: J Hum Lact. 1992 Mar;8(1):47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215405
Low prevalence of HIV in high-risk seronegative homosexual men evidenced by virus culture and polymerase chain reaction.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):143-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215470; Gupta P; Kingsley L; Anderson R; Ho M; Enrico A; Ding M; Cottrill M; Wolinsky S; Rinaldo C; Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Graduate; School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 15261.; OBJECTIVE: To assess the presence of covert HIV-1 infection. SETTING: High-risk seronegative homosexual men from the Pittsburgh portion of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study were examined for the presence of HIV-1 infection. PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: Ten men (group 1) were examined prospectively for the presence of HIV-1
Incidence of HIV infection in monocyte subpopulations characterized by CD4 and HLA-DR surface density.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):151-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215471; Schnizlein-Bick CT; Sherman MR; Boggs DL; Leemhuis TB; Fife KH; Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of; Medicine/Infectious Disease, Indianapolis 46202-5124.; OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine any correlation between the expression of CD4 antigen on the surface of monocytes, and the frequency with which these cells are infected with HIV. DESIGN: CD4 surface expression on monocytes is significantly less than that expressed on CD4+ lymphocytes. Nevertheles
Trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole appears more effective than aerosolized pentamidine as secondary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS [see comments]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):165-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215473; Carr A; Tindall B; Penny R; Cooper DA; Centre for Immunology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.; OBJECTIVE: We compared the efficacies of low-dose trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole (TMP-SMX; one tablet: TMP, 160 mg, SMX, 800 mg, twice daily, twice a week) and aerosolized pentamidine (300 mg every 4 weeks) as secondary prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in patients with HIV infection. DESIGN: A
Association between HIV infection and cervical neoplasia: implications for clinical care of women at risk for both conditions.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):173-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215474; Mandelblatt JS; Fahs M; Garibaldi K; Senie RT; Peterson HB; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial; Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY 10021.; OBJECTIVE: Both AIDS and cervical neoplasia (CN) can result from sexual transmission of HIV infection and may affect similar groups of women. Available data on the association between AIDS and CN have practical implications for gynecological care. We review these data to provide an estimate of the magnitude of the ass
Localization of infection by the microsporidian Enterocytozoon bieneusi in the gastrointestinal tract of AIDS patients with diarrhea.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):195-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215478; Orenstein JM; Tenner M; Kotler DP; Department of Pathology, George Washington University Medical; Center, Washington, DC 20037.; OBJECTIVE: We compared the level of Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection at different sites within the small intestine among patients with AIDS. DESIGN: The level of E. bieneusi infection of each patient biopsy was determined and compared using semi-thin plastic section light microscopy and transmission electron microsco
L-carnitine deficiency in AIDS patients.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):203-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215480; De Simone C; Tzantzoglou S; Jirillo E; Marzo A; Vullo V; Martelli EA; Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita dell' Aquila,; Italy.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate carnitine (3-hydroxy-4-N-trimethyl-ammoniobutanoate) deficiency in AIDS patients by measuring serum total, free and short-chain carnitine concentrations. DESIGN: We conducted an open study. SETTING: All patients were seen at the Infectious Diseases Clinic, Universita La Sapienza , Rome,
Increasing morbidity without rise in non-AIDS mortality among HIV-infected intravenous drug users in Amsterdam [published erratum appears in AIDS 1992 May;6(5):following 525]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):207-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215481; Mientjes GH; van Ameijden EJ; van den Hoek AJ; Coutinho RA; Municipal Health Service, Department of Public Health and; Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; OBJECTIVE: We determined pneumonia, endocarditis, hospitalizations and death rates in a group of HIV-infected and non-infected IVDU recruited at low-threshold methadone programmes in Amsterdam, The Netherlands to examine the influence of HIV infection on morbidity and non-AIDS
Orogenital sex and the transmission of HIV among homosexual men.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):223-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215483; Keet IP; Albrecht van Lent N; Sandfort TG; Coutinho RA; van Griensven GJ; Department of Infectious Diseases, Municipal Health Service,; Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; OBJECTIVE: To investigate the possibility of orogenital transmission of HIV. DESIGN: Cohort study on HIV infection among homosexual men. SETTING: The Municipal Health Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands . PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: Homosexual men for whom the date of HIV seroconve
Implementation of an AIDS prevention program among prostitutes in the Cross River State of Nigeria [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):229-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215485; Williams E; Lamson N; Efem S; Weir S; Lamptey P
Lack of antibodies to HIV in Pemon Indians in Venezuela [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):231. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215486; Hernandez Rivero C; Badell E; Robinson JE; Carlton CG; Sorensen RU
Zidovudine reverses the defect in dendritic cells in HIV infection [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):231-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215487; Knight SC; Macatonia SE; Gompels M; Pinching AJ; Patterson S
Acute HIV-1 infection of CD4+ human lung fibroblasts [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):232-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215488; Dolei A; Serra C; Arca MV; Toniolo A
Pure red cell aplasia in an HIV-infected patient [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):234-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215489; Parmentier L; Boucary D; Salmon D
Acute reactions associated with the infusion of ampligen [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):235-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215490; McMahon D; Winkelstein A; Huang XL; Armstrong J; Pazin G; Rinaldo C; Tripoli C; Ho M
Elevated glycosylated hemoglobin concentrations in AIDS [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):236-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215491; Kabadi UM; Gopal V; Hood L; Kabadi MU; Platt K
Visceral leishmaniasis and HIV infection: unusual presentation with pleuropulmonary involvement, and effect of secondary prophylaxis [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):238-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215492; Matheron S; Cabie A; Parquin F; Mayaud C; Roux P; Antoine M; Chougnet C; Coulaud JP
Penicillium marneffei: indicator disease for AIDS in South East Asia [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):240-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215493; Li PC; Tsui MC; Ma KF
AIDS presenting as duodenal perforation due to Kaposi's sarcoma [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):241-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215494; Carratala J; Lacasa JM; Mascaro J; Torras JT
Nurse testifies on congressional hearing on HIV infection [news]: J ET Nurs. 1992 Mar-Apr;19(2):28A, 30A. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215868
[The prevention of AIDS]: An Med Interna. 1992 Jan;9(1):43-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215985; Soriano V; Leal M; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Germans Trias i; Pujol, Barcelona.
[HIV-2: seroprevalence in 2 populations (letter)]: An Med Interna. 1992 Jan;9(1):52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215991; Cour MI; Lopez Corral JC; Gonzalez Cuadrado S; Gonzalez Gomez C; Yague V
Molluscum contagiosum in HIV-infected patients.: Dermatology. 1992;184(1):19-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216167; Petersen CS; Gerstoft J; Department of Dermatology, Rigshospitalet, University of; Copenhagen, Denmark.; The clinical presentation of molluscum contagiosum is described in detail in 16 HIV-infected patients. Atypical facial lesions with either multiple small papules or giant nodular tumors prevailed in patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex. A theoretical basis for the atypical localization of the disease is lacking.
AIDS, drug misuse and the research agenda.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):343-498. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216626
What is AIDS doing to the drug research agenda? [editorial]: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):343-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216627; Strang J; Stimson GV; Des Jarlais DC
The first and second decades of AIDS among injecting drug users.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):347-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216628; Des Jarlais DC; Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY 10013.; This paper examines findings and trends from the first decade of research on AIDS among injecting drug users as a basis for projecting into the next decade. One of the most disturbing aspects of AIDS and HIV infection among injecting drug users which emerged in the first decade is the globalization of the problem. Fur
Drug abuse research and HIV/AIDS: a national perspective from the US.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):355-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216629; Schuster CR; National Institute on Drug Abuse, Rockville, MD 20857.; The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the lead Federal agency charged with research on reducing the demand for illicit drugs in the US, has actively pursued the associated challenge of reducing drugs-related HIV transmission. Drug abuse-related spread of the virus occurs not only through sharing contaminated ne
AIDS, drugs and history.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):363-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216630; Berridge V; AIDS Social History Programme, London School of Hygiene and; Tropical Medicine, UK.; This paper analyses the relationship of history to two current and inter-related policy issues, AIDS and drugs. AIDS, in particular in its early years, was a disease surrounded by history; and historians and others actively brought the lesson of history into the public debates. Cholera and the Black Death provided h
Epidemiology, HIV and drugs: mathematical models and data.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):371-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216631; Blower S; Medley G; Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley 94720.; The utility of mathematical models in understanding the dynamics of HIV transmission among injecting drug users (IDUs) and their non-IDU sex partners is discussed. We emphasize the need for collaborative relationships between modellers and drug-use researchers, and we stress that models should be based on data in both
Drug use contexts and HIV-consequences: the effect of drug policy on patterns of everyday drug use in Rotterdam and the Bronx.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):381-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216632; Grund JP; Stern LS; Kaplan CD; Adriaans NF; Drucker E; EUR Addiction Research Institute (IVO), Medical and Health; Sciences Faculty, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.; Epidemiological data on HIV seroprevalence has been essential in assessing the (future) extent of the AIDS epidemic. By coupling these data with quantifiable variables related to injection drug use (frequency of injecting, number of needle sharing partners) specific risk behaviors could be determined, accounting for
Social intervention against AIDS among injecting drug users.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):393-404. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216633; Friedman SR; Neaigus A; Des Jarlais DC; Sotheran JL; Woods J; Sufian M; Stepherson B; Sterk C; Narcotic and Drug Research, Inc., New York, NY 10013.; Many drug injectors continue to engage in behaviors that lead them to become infected with HIV in spite of a wide variety of public health programs. In addition, many persons have begun to inject drugs in spite of knowing the risks of AIDS. The inadequacy of current efforts to prevent these behaviors suggests that add
Sex, HIV and the injecting drug user.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):405-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216634; Donoghoe MC; Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Charing Cross; and Westminster Medical School, London, UK.; There is considerable evidence that drug injectors are reducing their HIV risk, but changes in syringe sharing behaviour have been greater than those in sexual risk behaviour. This paper reviews the literature on sexual risk behaviour in injecting drug users. It focuses on the major areas of concern: HIV prevalence am
Measurement of HIV risk behaviors among intravenous drug users.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):417-28. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216635; Samuels JF; Vlahov D; Anthony JC; Chaisson RE; Department of Mental Hygiene, School of Hygiene and Public; Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.; This paper reviews issues related to the measurement of drug use and other behaviors in studies of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in intravenous drug users. These issues include: (1) choice of variables, (2) study design, (3) time frame of measurement, (4) categories of measurement, (5) interviewer effec
Research and the help-seeking process.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):429-37. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216636; Hartnoll R; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institut Municipal; d'Investigacio Medica, Barcelona, Spain.; Recognition of changes in the nature and extent of problem drug taking in the early 1980s led to changes in service provision and to an increased interest in help-seeking. The advent of AIDS accelerated these changes. This paper introduces concepts from the wider field of help-seeking and compliance with preventive he
A new target for behavioural research--amphetamine misuse.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):439-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216637; Klee H; Department of Psychology, Manchester Polytechnic, UK.; Despite the increase in social research into drug misuse that has occurred in the wake of the AIDS pandemic, the focus of the research has tended to be overly restricted in terms of the populations studied. Younger, non-opiate, non-agency samples are more representative of national patterns of illicit drug use but hav
Methadone maintenance and the human immunodeficiency virus: current issues in treatment and research.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):447-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216638; Ward J; Darke S; Hall W; Mattick R; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New; South Wales, Australia.; This paper examines the changes that have occurred in methadone maintenance programmes in response to the advent of HIV and the adoption of harm minimization policies, and the implications of these changes for research. A need for the use of more rigorous research methods is identified and recommendations are made tha
Assessing AIDS prevention for injecting drug users; some methodological considerations.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):455-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216639; Stimson GV; Power R; Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Charing Cross; and Westminster Medical School, London, UK.; There is an urgent need to develop strategies aimed at reducing the spread of HIV infection amongst injecting drug users. It is essential that any such initiatives are monitored and evaluated. It is the contention of this paper that evaluation should be rigorous, flexible and comparative. To achieve this we need to ex
Charting the epidemic: the case study of HIV screening of injecting drug users in San Francisco, 1985-1990.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):467-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216640; Moss AR; Vranizan K; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of; California, San Francisco.; HIV screening for drug users in treatment began in San Francisco in 1985, and was followed by street screening, community outreach, bleach distribution and other intervention programs. The HIV seroconversion rate fell from 4.5% per year in 1985-86 to 1.7% per year in 1987-88 and has remained stable at about 2% per yea
The study of transitions in the route of drug use: the route from one route to another.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):473-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216641; Strang J; Des Jarlais DC; Griffiths P; Gossop M; National Addiction Centre, Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital,; London, UK.; Route of administration of various drugs is an area of study to which specific attention must be paid in study of different HIV risks of drug use by various routes. If changes in route are seen in individuals or within populations, then study of these transitions in route may identify new approaches which could be dev
Extent and nature of transitions of route among heroin addicts in treatment--preliminary data from the Drug Transitions Study.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):485-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216642; Griffiths P; Gossop M; Powis B; Strang J; National Addiction Centre, London, UK.; Preliminary data are presented here from a study of drug transitions in the UK. These support the contention that differences in route of administration are likely to be reflected in differing patterns of drug use, and associated with differing health risks for the individual drug user. Heroin chasers were found to
AIDS and the transition to illicit drug injection--results of a randomized trial prevention program.: Br J Addict. 1992 Mar;87(3):493-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92216643; Des Jarlais DC; Casriel C; Friedman SR; Rosenblum A; Beth Israel Medical Center, Chemical Dependency Institute, New; York, New York 10003.; Illicit drug injection is a major component of the AIDS epidemic in the United States , Europe and some developing countries. Prevention of illicit drug injection would not only reduce HIV transmission but would also reduce the other health, psychological and social problems associated
Position statement of the Connecticut Infectious Disease Society on HIV Infection in Health Care Workers.: Conn Med. 1992 Feb;56(2):97. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217296
Drug use and HIV risk-taking behaviour among clients in methadone maintenance treatment.: Drug Alcohol Depend. 1992 Feb;29(3):263-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217446; Darke S; Baker A; Dixon J; Wodak A; Heather N; National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New; South Wales, Australia.; Current drug use and HIV risk-taking behaviour of a sample of 95 methadone maintenance clients was investigated. Subjects had been on their current programme for an average of 70.9 weeks with a mean daily dose of methadone of 65.6 mg. Two-thirds had injected heroin, and 82% had injected a street drug in the month prio
AIDS and gastrointestinal endoscopy.: Endoscopy. 1992 Jan-Feb;24(1-2):169-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217521; Dancygier H; Department of Internal Medicine II, Municipal Hospital Offenbach,; J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Women and AIDS in the United States: epidemiology, natural history, and mediating mechanisms.: Health Psychol. 1992;11(1):1-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217584; Ickovics JR; Rodin J; Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT; 06520-7447.; The number and proportion of women with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)1 and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have increased rapidly throughout the past decade. Despite these increases, research attention on women with AIDS has been relatively scarce until recently. It is likely that there are importan
HIV-1 Tat acts as a processivity factor in vitro in conjunction with cellular elongation factors.: Genes Dev. 1992 Apr;6(4):655-66. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92217744; Kato H; Sumimoto H; Pognonec P; Chen CH; Rosen CA; Roeder RG; Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rockefeller; University, New York, New York 10021.; The HIV-1 trans-activator Tat increases the rate of transcription from the HIV-1 LTR promoter through the stem-loop-containing TAR RNA. To analyze the mechanisms of Tat action, a cell-free trans-activation system with no preincubation has been developed. Recombinant Tat specifically increased the level of a long runof
Detection of autoimmunity parameters in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).: Int J Dermatol. 1992 Feb;31(2):113-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218058; Kyriakis K; Tosca A; Katsantonis J; Hatzivasiliou M; Eliopoulos G; Stratigos J; Department of Dermatology, Athens Hospital for Infectious; Diseases, Greece.; We have examined various autoimmunity parameters in AIDS with special emphasis on the expression of pemphigus and bullous pemphigoid antibodies. Sera from healthy seropositive individuals without syphilis (CS-, n = 17), seropositive individuals with syphilis (cs+, n = 11), and patients with AIDS (n = 6) were studied a
HIV-related molluscum contagiosum presenting as a cutaneous horn [letter]: Int J Dermatol. 1992 Feb;31(2):142-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218066; Schwartz JJ; Myskowski PL
The origin of HIV-1.: Int J Dermatol. 1992 Feb;31(2):89. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218073; Fine RM
Real risks of HIV transmission to physicians and their staffs. American Osteopathic Association Task Force on AIDS.: J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1992 Jan;92(1):109-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218223; Calabrese L; Section on Clinical Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.; This series will provide brief clinical updates and perspectives on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It was developed from the AOA Task Force on AIDS Writers Workshop, held August 16 to 18, 1991, in New York, and sponsored by an education grant from Burroughs Wellcome. A related editorial appears on page 63. R
AIDS-related treatment receives IND status [news]: J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1992 Jan;92(1):46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218227
New HIV series helps to define osteopathic physicians' role in AIDS epidemic [editorial]: J Am Osteopath Assoc. 1992 Jan;92(1):63-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218230; Calabrese LH
Substrate specificity of Saccharomyces cerevisiae myristoyl-CoA: protein N-myristoyltransferase. Analysis of fatty acid analogs containing carbonyl groups, nitrogen heteroatoms, and nitrogen heterocycles in an in vitro enzyme assay and subsequent identification of inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus I replication.: J Biol Chem. 1992 Apr 15;267(11):7224-39. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218369; Devadas B; Lu T; Katoh A; Kishore NS; Wade AC; Mehta PP; Rudnick DA; Bryant ML; Adams SP; Li Q; et al; Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri 63198.; Covalent attachment of myristic acid (C14:0) to the amino-terminal glycine residue of a variety of eukaryotic cellular and viral proteins can have a profound influence on their biological properties. The enzyme that catalyzes this modification, myristoyl-CoA-protein N-myristoyltransferase (NMT), has been identified as
Cell surface phenotype of in vitro proliferating lymphocytes in HTLV-I-associated myelopathy (HAM/TSP).: J Neuroimmunol. 1992 Apr;37(3):223-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218642; Eiraku N; Ijichi S; Yashiki S; Osame M; Sonoda S; Third Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,; Kagoshima University, Japan.; The in vitro proliferation of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) without any mitogenic stimulation is one of the hallmarks of human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. Recent evidence suggests a difference in the degree of the phenomenon between HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (H
Analysis of the carbon dioxide laser plume for simian immunodeficiency virus.: J Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1992 Apr;18(4):297-300. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218726; Starr JC; Kilmer SL; Wheeland RG; Department of Dermatology, University of California, Davis.; To determine the viability of the immunodeficiency virus in the laser plume after carbon dioxide (CO2) laser irradiation, multiple samples of culture medium containing concentrated simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVMAC at 1000 TCID50 cultured from HUT 78 cells) were irradiated with a continuous-wave CO2 laser at varia
Enhanced HIV-1 replication in retinoid-treated monocytes. Retinoid effects mediated through mechanisms related to cell differentiation and to a direct transcriptional action on viral gene expression.: J Immunol. 1992 Apr 15;148(8):2539-46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218856; Turpin JA; Vargo M; Meltzer MS; Department of Cellular Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of; Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100.; Vitamin A and other retinoids have profound effects on macrophage differentiation and function. Such effects could alter interactions between HIV and tissue macrophages, a principal target cell and reservoir for virus during HIV disease. Indeed, retinoids are used to treat various symptoms associated with HIV infectio
Detection of HIV-1 DNA by PCR: evaluation of primer pair concordance and sensitivity of a single primer pair.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):433-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219084; Lynch CE; Madej R; Louie PH; Rodgers G; Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Alameda, CA 94501.; Concordance between two primer pairs and the clinical sensitivity of a single primer pair-probe system were evaluated for a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Six-hundred sixty-three clinically defined HIV-1 specimens were analyzed in a blind fashion for HIV-1 DNA using
Genetic analysis of HIV-1 isolates from Zambia and an expanded phylogenetic tree for HIV-1.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):441-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE GENBANK/X56583; McCutchan FE; Ungar BL; Hegerich P; Roberts CR; Fowler AK; Hira SK; Perine PL; Burke DS; Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military; Medicine, Research Laboratory, Rockville, MD 20850.; Geographic variation in the HIV-1 virus is extensive but incompletely documented. We herein report the first genetic characterization of HIV-1 isolates from Zambia . The genomic region encoding the GAG polyprotein has been compared among 22 Zambian isolates and 14 North American iso
Thrombocytopenia in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus: long-term follow-up and therapeutic considerations.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):450-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219086; Rigaud M; Leibovitz E; Quee CS; Kaul A; Nardi M; Pollack H; Lawrence R; DiJohn D; Krasinski K; Karpatkin M; et al; Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, New York University; Medical Center/Bellevue Medical Center 10016.; Among 180 children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1), 14 (8%) developed thrombocytopenia during the course of the disease and have been followed for an average period of 18.8 months. Eight of 14 patients had clinical signs of bleeding. Increased levels of anti-platelet IgG antibodies were detected in
Vaccine protection against SIVmac infection by high- but not low-dose whole inactivated virus immunogen.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):461-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219088; Hartung S; Norley SG; Ennen J; Cichutek K; Plesker R; Kurth R; Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Germany.; Eight rhesus macaques were immunized intramuscularly four times (0, 1, 2, and 4 months) over a period of 4 months with a formalin-inactivated whole Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) vaccine in the presence of muramyl dipeptide (MDP) as adjuvant. Four animals received 0.5 mg and the other four received 0.1 mg immunog
A possible role for interferon-alpha and activated natural killer cells in remission of AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma: in vitro studies.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):469-76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219089; Reiter Z; Ozes ON; Blatt LM; Sturzl M; Taylor MW; Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405.; The effect of consensus interferon-alpha on the growth of AIDS-related Kaposi s sarcoma-derived cells was studied. Interferon caused a low but significant in vitro inhibition of cell growth. Whereas Kaposi s sarcoma cells were resistant to the cytotoxic effect of natural killer (NK) cells, treatment of NK cells with e
Absence of Mycobacterium avium complex disease in patients with AIDS in Uganda.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):477-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219090; Morrissey AB; Aisu TO; Falkinham JO 3d; Eriki PP; Ellner JJ; Daniel TM; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.; The absence of disease due to Mycobacterium avium in Ugandan patients with AIDS, which we previously observed in a blood culture study, has been confirmed and our observations have been extended to 165 additional clinical isolates. Fourteen soil and water samples from the Ugandan environment have been cultured and rev
Prevalence of HIV-associated periodontitis and gingivitis in HIV-infected patients attending an AIDS clinic.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):479-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219091; Masouredis CM; Katz MH; Greenspan D; Herrera C; Hollander H; Greenspan JS; Winkler JR; Department of Dental Public Health and Hygiene, University of; California, San Francisco 94143-0512.; We investigated the prevalence of HIV-associated periodontal disease in an AIDS clinic in San Francisco. Patient recruitment occurred over 6 months with 90% patient participation. In 136 patients, three forms of periodontal disease were recorded: HIV-associated gingivitis (HIV-G), HIV-associated periodontitis (HIV-P),
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome occurring within 5 years of infection with human immunodeficiency virus type-1: the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):490-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219093; Phair J; Jacobson L; Detels R; Rinaldo C; Saah A; Schrager L; Munoz A; Howard Brown Memorial Clinic-Northwestern University Medical; School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.; The objective of this study is to describe participants in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) with incident infection due to the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) in whom AIDS developed by March 1990 and within 5 years of seroconversion (group A). Secondly, behavioral, clinical, and immunologic charact
Increasing impact of HIV infection on hospitalizations in the United States, 1983-1988.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):497-504. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219094; Rosenblum LS; Buehler JW; Morgan M; Moien M; Centers for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human; Services, Atlanta, GA 30333.; During 1983-1988, hospitalizations of patients with a diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increased from 1.3 to 33.7 per 100,000 persons. We used the National Hospital Discharge Survey, which is based on a representative sample of discharges from nonfederal short-stay hospitals, to describe illne
HIV-1 serologic test results for one million newborn dried-blood specimens: assay performance and implications for screening.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):505-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219095; Gwinn M; Redus MA; Granade TC; Hannon WH; George JR; Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA; 30333.; In a population-based national survey conducted in 1988-90, more than one million neonatal dried-blood specimens were tested for maternal antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Enzyme immunoassays (EIA) and Western blot tests were performed in 20 state laboratories following standardized procedures.
Little change in sexual behavior in injecting drug users in Amsterdam.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):518-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219097; van den Hoek JA; van Haastrecht HJ; Coutinho RA; Department of Public Health and Environment, Amsterdam, The; Netherlands.; To assess heterosexual behavior of injecting drug users (IDUs) over time, we studied 174 IDUs with regard to their steady, casual, and commercial partners over a 1-year period. Within this year a large national AIDS prevention campaign had been implemented in the Netherlands .
Sensitivity analyses for the backcalculation method of AIDS projections.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):523-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219098; Wilson SR; Fazekas de St. Groth C; Solomon PJ; Centre for Mathematics and Its Applications, Australian National; University, Canberra.; In Australia , AIDS is a notifiable disease and the data have been of a relatively high quality. In this article, the cases among Australian residents diagnosed by mid-1989 and reported by January 1990 are used to evaluate the sensitivity of estimates of numbers infected with the
The effect of measles-rubella vaccination on lymphocyte populations and subpopulations in HIV-infected and healthy individuals [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):528-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219099; Nicholson JK; Holman RC; Jones BM; McDougal JS; Sprauer MA; Markowitz LE
Vertical transmission of HIV [letter; comment]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):529-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219100; Melchor JC; Gutierrez C; Larrieta JM; Corcostegui B
Occurrence of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in Brazil [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):531-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219102; Granato C; Castelo A; Waldman EA; Gerbi L; Zamarioli L; Lorenco R; Johnson WD Jr
Declining trends of HTLV-I prevalence among blood donors in Kumamoto, Japan [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):533-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219103; Yamaguchi K; Nishimura Y; Kusumoto Y; Imamura Y; Tokudome S; Tsuji N; Takatsuki K
Impact of a needle exchange program on potentially infectious syringes in public places [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):534-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219104; Oliver KJ; Friedman SR; Maynard H; Magnuson L; Des Jarlais DC
HIV-1 and HTLV-I/II coinfection in Baltimore [letter; comment]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):535-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219105; Constantine NT; Bansal J; Marsiglia VC
HIV-1 and HIV-2 seroprevalence in tuberculosis patients in Guinea Bissau [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):536-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219106; Sabbatani S; Mangiarotti V; Tedei F; Rezza G; Lillo F; Varnier OE; Ferro A
Rumors can be deadly [news]: J Pract Nurs. 1992 Mar;42(1):13. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219167
Nurses protected by new standard [news]: J Pract Nurs. 1992 Mar;42(1):23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219170
HIV/AIDS Education program [news]: J Pract Nurs. 1992 Mar;42(1):49. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219178
Intriguing structure-activity relations underlie the potent inhibition of HIV protease by norstatine-based peptides.: J Med Chem. 1992 Apr 3;35(7):1318-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219236; Tam TF; Carriere J; MacDonald D; Castelhano AL; Pliura DH; Dewdney NJ; Thomas EM; Bach C; Barnett J; Chan H; et al; Syntex Research Canada, Mississauga, Ontario.
Clinical, social and ethical aspects of HIV-1 infections in an Arab Gulf State.: J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Apr;95(2):128-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219299; Milder JE; Novelli VM; Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.; Clinical, social and ethical aspects of HIV-1 infection as occurring in the Arab Gulf State of Qatar are presented. Up until November 1989, 50 patients were reported with HIV infection. In more than 75% of cases, the disease was acquired via transfusion of imported blood; 52% have d
The prevalence of Toxoplasma infection among pregnant women in Ibadan, Nigeria.: J Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Apr;95(2):143-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219303; Onadeko MO; Joynson DH; Payne RA; University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.; The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in pregnant women from the inner area of Ibadan was determined by the dye test. Two hundred and seventy-three of the 352 women (78%) had dye test titres of 1/16 or greater with 165 (47%) having titres of 1/128 or greater. In contrast, 42 of 192 pregnant women (22%) from the Swansea
Human immunodeficiency virus vectors for inducible expression of foreign genes.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):2731-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219356; Buchschacher GL Jr; Panganiban AT; McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin,; Madison 53706.; Tat-dependent expression of an endogenous lethal or deleterious foreign gene might be useful for abrogating the production of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from cells. This type of HIV-induced cellular killing, as well as other approaches to gene therapy for HIV infection, would be facilitated by simple HIV vecto
Molecular characterization of a neuropathogenic and nonerythroleukemogenic variant of Friend murine leukemia virus PVC-211.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):2798-806. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE GENBANK/M81185; Masuda M; Remington MP; Hoffman PM; Ruscetti SK; Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Institute,; Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201.; PVC-211 murine leukemia virus (MuLV) is a replication-competent, ecotropic type C retrovirus that was isolated after passage of the Friend virus complex through F344 rats. Unlike viruses in the Friend virus complex, it does not cause erythroleukemia but causes a rapidly progressive hind limb paralysis when injected in
A second origin of DNA plus-strand synthesis is required for optimal human immunodeficiency virus replication.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):2814-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219366; Charneau P; Alizon M; Clavel F; Departement SIDA et Retrovirus, Institut Pasteur, Paris,; France.; We recently reported that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) unintegrated linear DNA displays a discontinuity in its plus strand, precisely defined by a second copy of the polypurine tract (PPT) located near the middle of the genome (P. Charneau and F. Clavel, J. Virol. 65:2415-2421, 1991). This central PPT a
Conserved nucleotides in the TAR RNA stem of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 are critical for Tat binding and trans activation: model for TAR RNA tertiary structure.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3018-25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219389; Delling U; Reid LS; Barnett RW; Ma MY; Climie S; Sumner-Smith M; Sonenberg N; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec,; Canada.; Interaction between the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) trans-activator Tat and its cis-acting responsive RNA element TAR is necessary for activation of HIV-1 gene expression. We investigated the hypothesis that the essential uridine residue at position 23 in the bulge of TAR RNA is involved in intramolecu
Phenotype-associated sequence variation in the third variable domain of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 gp120 molecule.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3183-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219412; Fouchier RA; Groenink M; Kootstra NA; Tersmette M; Huisman HG; Miedema F; Schuitemaker H; Department of Clinical Viro-Immunology, Central Laboratory of The; Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.; The third variable (V3) domain has been implicated in determining the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) phenotype, including fusion capacity and monocytotropism. In a large set of primary HIV type 1 (HIV-1) isolates, V3 sequence analysis revealed that fast-replicating, syncytium-inducing isolates contained V3 sequenc
Expression and extracellular release of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag precursors by recombinant baculovirus-infected cells.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3230-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219421; Royer M; Hong SS; Gay B; Cerutti M; Boulanger P; Laboratoire de Virologie et Pathogenese Moleculaires, Institut; de Biologie, Faculte de Medecine, Montpellier, France.; The level of synthesis and extracellular release of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Gag by insect cells was analyzed, using eight different recombinants of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus harboring various constructs of the gag gene, cloned under the polyhedrin promoter. The results obtained sugg
Cytolytic T lymphocytes specific for tumors and infected cells from mice with a retrovirus-induced immunodeficiency syndrome.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3251-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219425; Erbe JG; Green KA; Crassi KM; Morse HC 3d; Green WR; Department of Microbiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover,; New Hampshire 03756.; LP-BM5 retrovirus complex-infected C57BL/6 mice develop immunodeficiency, somewhat analogous to AIDS, termed murine AIDS (MAIDS). After secondary stimulation with syngeneic B-cell lymphomas from LP-BM5-infected mice, C57BL/6 mice produced vigorous CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes specific for MAIDS-associated tumors. An a
[Immunohistochemical analysis of colonic mucosa with ulcerative colitis--activation of lymphocytes and expression of ICAM-1 by lamina propria dendritic cells and macrophages]: Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 1992 Jan;89(1):17-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219479; Yamaguchi T; Morise K; Kimura M; Horiuchi Y; First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School; of Medicine.; The colonic mucosa of 30 patients with ulcerative colitis was analyzed by an immunohistochemical technique. A quantitative evaluation for lymphocyte subsets show significantly increased numbers of CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, and CD28+ cells in ulcerative colitis cases of histological grades 3, 4 and 5 by Matts classification c
Disseminated histoplasmosis and AIDS.: J Tenn Med Assoc. 1992 Mar;85(3):111-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219637; Brown NJ; Morgan HJ; Vanderbilt University Hospital, Nashville.
AMA policy on HIV infection [see comments]: J Tenn Med Assoc. 1992 Mar;85(3):121-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219642
AMA policy on HIV infection [editorial]: J Tenn Med Assoc. 1992 Mar;85(3):129. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219645; Thomison JB
[The absence of infection with the human immunodeficiency viruses type 1 and 2 in an African Masai population (letter)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 15;98(6):237. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219862; Lopez Corral JC; Cour Boveda MI; Arguello Dominguez MJ; Beneit JV
[Papilledema: an ocular manifestation of cryptococcal meningitis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome patients (letter)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 15;98(6):237-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219863; Morano Amado LE; Pombo Garcia MJ; Gutierrez Amoros J; Amador Barciela L
[The usefulness of the polymerase chain reaction in the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 22;98(7):270-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219873; Soriano V; Medrano L; Gonzalez Lahoz J; Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Clinicas, Instituto de Salud; Carlos III, Madrid.
[Pneumatocele and pneumonia caused by Pneumocystis carinii (letter)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 29;98(8):316-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219898; Miguelez M; Gonzalez Rubio M; Gomez Anson B; Costa R
AIDS: advocacy & activism.: Nurs Health Care. 1992 Mar;13(3):122-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220286; Fedor MA
Medical examinations: law, ethics and good practice.: Occup Health (Lond). 1992 Mar;44(3):72-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220362; Howard G
[Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in a HIV-positive patient]: Orv Hetil. 1992 Mar 29;133(13):785-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220426; Balint B; Kraszko P; Szent-Gyorgyi Albert Orvostudomanyi Egyetem, Szeged.; The authors publish a case report of a young man, who have got a severe pneumonia, which did not recover after antibiotics treatment. When the cause of the immunosuppression was investigated, HIV positivity was found, and Pneumocystis carinii was recognised in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. The diagnosis of the lun
[The effect of high-dose peroral zidovudine treatment in a 4-year-old child with HIV encephalopathy]: Padiatr Padol. 1992;27(1):11-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220445; Zenz W; Lackner H; Maurer U; Ranner G; Puchhammer-Stockl E; Universitats-Kinderklinik Graz.; We report a four-year-old boy with HIV encephalopathy after vertical HIV infection. On the first admission to our hospital he showed ataxia, loose of expressive language and interstitial pneumonia. After treatment of the pneumonia the patient was started on oral zidovudine with 6 x 6 mg/kg bw/day, because of persistin
Patterns of HIV risk and preventive behaviors among teenage men.: Public Health Rep. 1992 Mar-Apr;107(2):131-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220916; Ku L; Sonenstein FL; Pleck JH; Urban Institute, Washington, DC 20037.; Analyses of the 1988 National Survey of Adolescent Males indicate the prevalence of risk behaviors related to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, including sexual, contraceptive, and drug use behaviors, among 15- to 19-year-old men. About three-fifths had sexual intercourse, indicating that a majority of teenage men h
The potential efficiency of routine HIV testing of hospital patients--data from a CDC sentinel hospital.: Public Health Rep. 1992 Mar-Apr;107(2):138-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220917; Henry K; Campbell S; HIV/AIDS Programs, St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center, MN 55101.; St. Paul-Ramsey Medical Center is a member of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Sentinel Hospital Surveillance Group. The authors have modified the surveillance group s protocol in order to calculate what percentage of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected samples identified came from persons known by th
There is an association between human immunodeficiency virus infection and spondyloarthropathies.: Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1992 Feb;18(1):257-66. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221043; Espinoza LR; Jara LJ; Espinoza CG; Silveira LH; Martinez-Osuna P; Seleznick M; Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University School of; Medicine, New Orleans.; The presence of inflammatory musculoskeletal manifestations during the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is well established. A wide spectrum of rheumatic disorders have been reported since the first reports of Reiter s syndrome with HIV infection. Other reported associations include forms of arth
Human immunodeficiency virus infection is not associated with Reiter's syndrome. Data from three large cohort studies.: Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 1992 Feb;18(1):267-76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221044; Clark MR; Solinger AM; Hochberg MC; Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology; and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado.; The cohorts presented are the largest available and the only ones for which suitable controls exist. They suggest that RS occurs in less than 1% of individuals infected with HIV. Additionally, infection with HIV is no independently associated with RS. Rather, previously described arthritogenic agents are implicated.
[Sclerosing cholangitis and AIDS]: Rev Clin Esp. 1992 Feb;190(2):79-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221082; Ramos C; Arazo P; Aguirre JM; Alvarez G; Aisa ML; Gonzalo C; Ferreria V; Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Miguel Servet,; Zaragoza.; Bile tract pathology in AIDS has been described as an incomplete biliary obstructive syndrome and acalculous cholecystitis. Most reported cases have been associated to bile ducts infection by Cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) and/or Cryptosporidium. We present a case of scl
[Secondary prevention of esophageal candidiasis with fluconazole in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]: Rev Clin Esp. 1992 Feb;190(3):115-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221092; Lavilla Uriol P; Gil A; Valencia E; Pintado V; Lopez Dupla M; Khamashta M; Garcia Puig J; Ortiz Vazquez J; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital La Paz, Universidad; Autonoma, Madrid.; In order to evaluate the efficacy of 200 mg single weekly dose of fluconazole in the secondary prophylaxis of esophageal candidiasis in AIDS, 18 patients who had an endoscopic confirmation of cure after an esophageal candidiasis, were studied. Mean follow up period was 12.5 months (limit: 1.5-18) and 11 patients compl
[Fluconazole treatment of cryptococcal meningitis associated with HIV infection. Presentation of 4 cases]: Rev Clin Esp. 1992 Feb;190(3):125-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221094; Roig P; Carrasco R; Salavert M; Nieto A; Bernacer B; Rodriguez M; Navarro V; Seccion de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital General; Universitario deValencia.; We present four cases of C. neoformans meningitis (CNM) in patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection treated with fluconazole p.o. at an initial dose of 400 mg followed by 200 mg/day during a follow up period ranging from 3 to 12 months, and who presented an excellent clinical evolution. When comparin
[Visceral leishmaniasis and AIDS. Apropos of 2 cases with different clinical course patterns]: Rev Clin Esp. 1992 Feb;190(3):134-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221097; Querol Ribelles JM; Grau Segura E; Alonso Jimenez C; Serrat Perez C; Carreno Noguera E; Alonso Diaz C; Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Lluis Alcanyis, Xativa,; Valencia.; We present two cases of visceral leishmaniasis in patients with AIDS which represent two different clinical patterns of the disease. Special emphasis is made on the need to lavish bone marrow studies in those patients with AIDS who present fever of unknown origin since immunodepression can modify the classical clinica
[Mycobacterium tuberculosis. From the gene to the diagnosis]: Recenti Prog Med. 1992 Jan;83(1):38-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221130; Saltini C; Amicosante M; Li Bianchi E; Paone G; Richeldi L; Guerritore D; Pallotta G; Bisetti A; Istituto di Tisiologia e Malattie dell'apparato respiratorio,; Universita, Modena.; Pulmonary tuberculosis still in on the list of the world major health problems. Tuberculosis has not been eradicated yet, from developing countries. Furthermore, its incidence is increasing in the industrialized world, due to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic. In this regard, atypical clinical presentati
[Kaposi's disease]: Rev Infirm. 1992 Jan;42(2):34-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221205; Brue C
[Growing-up of children from HIV-positive mothers in Switzerland. Pediatric AIDS-Group Switzerland]: Schweiz Med Wochenschr. 1992 Apr 4;122(14):503-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221237; Kunzel M; Kind C; Neonatologie, Frauenklinik, Kantonsspital St. Gallen.; OBJECTIVE: The social situation (placements, material conditions, needs) of children of HIV-infected mothers living in Switzerland was studied and their future needs were estimated. METHOD: Data were gathered by anonymous questionnaires mailed to the primary care physicians of
[An investigation into the obtainment of informed consent for HIV-tests in psychiatric patients]: S Afr Med J. 1992 Apr 4;81(7):363-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221296; Colin PF; Departement Psigiatrie, Universiteit van Pretoria.; AIDS confronts the psychiatrist with the dilemma of stress resulting from a positive test result on the one hand and the responsibility of preventing the spread of the disease on the other hand. Psychiatric disturbances sometimes limit a patient s ability to give informed consent, which is an ethical precondition to t
AIDS in the western Cape--a warning to colleagues [letter] [see comments]: S Afr Med J. 1992 Apr 4;81(7):382. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221305; van Wyk C
Knowledge, beliefs, and behavioral risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus infection in inner city adolescent females.: Sex Transm Dis. 1992 Jan-Feb;19(1):19-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221320; Smith PB; Weinman M; Mumford DM; Population Program, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; 77030.; Five hundred and ten inner city adolescent girls requesting reproductive health services were surveyed about their knowledge and beliefs concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Each patient s survey responses were examined in relation to number of sexual partners and history of a sexually transmitted
Development of new-onset seizures in the peripartum period. Should human immunodeficiency virus infection be considered a cause?: Sex Transm Dis. 1992 Jan-Feb;19(1):25-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221321; Malyk B; Spence MR; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hahnemann University; School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102.; The case histories of two women who developed new-onset seizures in the peripartum period of their pregnancies are presented. These two women had divergent medical histories and prenatal courses. Both women developed grand mal seizures that could be attributed to several established etiologies, yet no specific diagnos
ComputerLink--a computerized nursing care delivery system.: West J Nurs Res. 1992 Apr;14(2):239-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221626; Brennan PF; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
Final OSHA bloodborne standard released.: AANA J. 1992 Feb;60(1):7-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221709; Michels KA; Hopkinson SE
Suicide related to human immunodeficiency virus infection in Stockholm.: Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1992 Mar;85(3):234-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221783; Rajs J; Fugelstad A; Department of Forensic Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,; Sweden.; During a 5-year period (July 1, 1985 to June 30, 1990), a systematic investigation of medicolegal autopsy cases with regard to the occurrence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection was carried out at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden . Cases where a p
Cryptococcal pleural effusion in an HTLV-I carrier with Waldenstroem's macroglobulinemia.: Acta Med Okayama. 1992 Feb;46(1):45-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221793; Taguchi H; Kotani S; Sugito S; Kobayashi M; Kubonishi I; Miyoshi I; Department of Internal Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Japan.; A 70-year-old woman with Waldenstroem s macroglobulinemia developed bilateral pleural effusions due to Cryptococcus neoformans. She was found to be a carrier of HTLV-I. It is speculated that the opportunistic infection occurred as the result of an impaired cellular immunity secondary to HTLV-I infection.
Mycobacterial disease in HIV-infected persons.: J Am Board Fam Pract. 1992 Jan-Feb;5(1):92-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221819; Goldschmidt RH; Family Practice Residency Program, San Francisco General; Hospital, CA 94110.
Epidemiologic studies on HIV/AIDS and drug abuse.: Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 1992;18(2):167-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221980; Steel E; Haverkos HW; AIDS Coordinating Office, National Institute on Drug Abuse,; Rockville, Maryland 20857.; The HIV and drug abuse epidemics are intertwined, and drug abusers make up a significant proportion of reported AIDS patients. For a variety of reasons, it is difficult to collect and interpret data about each epidemic. It is even more difficult to determine the relationships between the two. In this paper, various ep
Fatal peritonitis due to group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus in a patient receiving chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis.: Am J Kidney Dis. 1992 Apr;19(4):375-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222014; Borra SI; Chandarana J; Kleinfeld M; Department of Medicine, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center,; Brooklyn, NY.; Peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients is rarely caused by group B beta-hemolytic streptococcus species. We describe a 52-year-old man with chronic glomerulonephritis who developed a fatal peritonitis due to streptococcus group B in the absence of predisposing factors such as diabetes
[Fungal myocarditis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]: Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1992 Feb;85(2):203-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222350; Hofman P; Gari-Toussaint M; Bernard E; Michiels JF; Gibelin P; Le Fichoux Y; Morand P; Loubiere R; Service d'anatomie pathologique hopital Pasteur, Nice.; The authors report 8 cases of fungal myocarditis discovered at autopsy of a series of 118 patients with AIDS. The cardiac disease was symptomatic and responsible for death in 2 cases. Antemortem diagnosis of fungal infection was made on examination of bronchioloalveolar lavage, the cerebrospinal fluid or gastrointesti
Pathology of the heart in AIDS. A study of 60 consecutive autopsies.: APMIS. 1992 Mar;100(3):273-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222585; Hansen BF; Department of Pathology, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark.; Cardiac disease and cardiac death in AIDS patients is seldom reported. In recent years minor cardiac abnormalities have been demonstrated, especially by echocardiography. Cardiac pathology in AIDS patients is here reported from 60 consecutive autopsies where the heart was investigated either using single samples of ve
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)--data as at 1 April 1992.: Wkly Epidemiol Rec. 1992 Apr 3;67(14):97-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222837
AIDS focus. The South African dimension to caring.: Nurs Stand. 1992 Mar 18-24;6(26):50-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222879; Wells R
AIDS focus. Counselling in terminal care.: Nurs Stand. 1992 Mar 18-24;6(26):52-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222880; Miller R
AIDS focus. HIV roundup.: Nurs Stand. 1992 Mar 18-24;6(26):56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222881; Weller B
Faecal-oral contact and Kaposi's sarcoma.: Nurs Stand. 1992 Apr 1-7;6(28):15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222882
Fear of contagion and AIDS: nurses' perception of risk.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):103-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223144; Gallop RM; Lancee WJ; Taerk G; Coates RA; Fanning M; Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Nurses fear of contagion when caring for persons with AIDS remains high despite increased levels of knowledge. This paper examines the multiple factors that contribute to nurses perception of risk within the workplace. The authors suggests that constructs from theories such as decision making, psychoanalysis and cog
Impediments to safer heterosexual sex: a review of research with young people.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):11-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223145; Wight D; MRC Medical Sociology Unit, Glasgow, UK.; This article reviews the existing British literature on the micro-social details of young people s heterosexual encounters, emphasizing the cultural factors which impede the adoption of health education advice. Most of the findings cited come from qualitative projects that relied primarily on detailed interviews or gr
World Health Organization Global AIDS Statistics.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):125-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223147
The role of informal carers in supporting gay men who have HIV related illness: what do they do and what are their needs?: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):25-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223148; McCann K; Wadsworth E; Institute for Social Studies in Medical Care, London, UK.; Despite calls for a shift from hospital to community based care for people with HIV infection there has been some speculation about whether the facilities will actually be available. One central element of community care is informal care. Structured interviews with 125 people who were supporting gay men with HIV relat
Neuropsychological aspects of HIV infection.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):3-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223149; Egan V; There is considerable consensus regarding the entity, aetiology, and assessment of HIV-1-caused cognitive impairment. Early fears that this would be very common, and early in onset, have not been realized. Research and clinical criteria should reflect current statistical standards. The large cohorts, broad test batter
Perceptions about blood donation, transfusion and the risk of HIV infection: implications for the blood transfusion service.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):43-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223151; Bhopal RS; McEwan RT; Madhok R; McCallum A; Division of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of; Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.; To assess perceptions of risk of AIDS/HIV infection from donation to, and receipt of, blood from the British Blood Transfusion Service, we undertook self completion surveys (n = 1874, response rate 74%) and an interview survey (n = 300, response rate 77%) of students in three higher/further education establishments in
Comparison of sexual behaviour and risk of HIV transmission of Scottish inmates, with or without a history of intravenous drug use.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):53-67. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223152; Power KG; Markova I; Rowlands A; McKee KJ; Anslow PJ; Kilfedder C; Department of Clinical Psychology, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth,; UK.; The sexual behaviour and intravenous drug use (IVDU) of a sample of 559 inmates (480 males and 79 females) was investigated. Sexual behaviour and IVDU prior to imprisonment, during imprisonment, and that expected after release, was assessed. Alterations in sexual behaviour as a means of HIV risk reduction was also ass
Discussing safer sex in HIV counselling: assessing three communication formats.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):69-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223153; Silverman D; Perakyla A; Bor R; Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths' College, University of; London, UK.; Although it is acknowledged that counselling can be an important factor in behaviour change, we lack information on how HIV counselling works in practice. Research is reported based on transcriptions of audio-tapes of counselling drawn from seven hospital centres in England and the USA. It is shown that communication
Behavioural patterns and HIV infection among drug using transvestites practising prostitution in Rome.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):83-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223154; Gattari P; Spizzichino L; Valenzi C; Zaccarelli M; Rezza G; AIDS Unit, Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy.; Fifty-seven male prostitutes who were also drug users, underwent HIV-1 testing in a drug dependency unit in Rome. The overall prevalence of HIV antibody was 74% (42/57). Of the 57 subjects, 46 completed a standard questionnaire and were interviewed by a trained psychologist about use of drugs, sexual and AIDS-related
Care for AIDS patients in developing countries: a review.: AIDS Care. 1992;4(1):89-102. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223155; Schopper D; Walley J; International Health Programs, Harvard School of Public Health,; Boston, MA 02115.; As an ever increasing number of HIV-infected persons develop AIDS, treating the manifestations associated with HIV infection has become a new challenge to health sectors in developing countries. Given resource constraints of health systems before the AIDS epidemic, there is an urgent need to start examining ways in wh
Mycobacterium kansasii brain abscess in a patient with AIDS [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14(3):789-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223260; Gordon SM; Blumberg HM
Esophageal candidiasis associated with acute infection due to human immunodeficiency virus [letter; comment]: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14(3):791. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223261; Decker CF; Tiernan R; Paparello SF
Infection with Mycobacterium haemophilum [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14(3):793. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223263; Becherer P; Hopfer RL
Coccidioidomycosis: changes in clinical expression, serological diagnosis, and therapeutic options.: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14 Suppl 1:S100-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223265; Galgiani JN; Veterans Administration Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona 85723.; Coccidioidomycosis occurs in greater than 50,000 persons each year. As concurrent infections with the human immunodeficiency virus become more frequent, the spectrum of coccidioidal illness has shifted toward more extensive and life-threatening disease. This trend has intensified interest in developing more-sensitive
Future directions of antifungal chemotherapy [see comments]: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14 Suppl 1:S170-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223277; Graybill JR; Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science; Center, San Antonio 78284-7881.; The number of recognized fungal pathogens and the alternatives for treatment of infections due to these organisms have increased dramatically in the 1980s. Use of the traditional agent, amphotericin B, has been hampered by severe dose-limiting toxicity and variable efficacy, and flucytosine is characterized by a narro
Therapy for cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS.: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14 Suppl 1:S54-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223283; Powderly WG; Division of Infectious Diseases, Washington University School of; Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.; Treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS with amphotericin B plus flucytosine is associated with a failure rate of 20%-30%. In the absence of chronic suppressive therapy, 40%-60% of patients develop recurrent disease. Recent comparative studies have evaluated fluconazole, a new triazole antifungal ag
Disseminated histoplasmosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Mar;14 Suppl 1:S60-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223284; Sarosi GA; Johnson PC; Department of Medicine, University of Arizona College of; Medicine, Phoenix.; Progressive disseminated histoplasmosis (PDH) is a common opportunistic infection complicating the course of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). PDH has been noted in areas nonendemic for histoplasmosis and occurs more frequently in areas heavily endemic for the fungus. PDH is frequently the AIDS-defini
Eating disorders in men with HIV infection [see comments]: Br J Psychiatry. 1992 Mar;160:404-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92223997; Ramsay N; Catalan J; Gazzard B; Westminster Hospital, London.; Four men with HIV infection who were referred to liaison psychiatry for assessment of eating disorders are described. In all four cases the eating disorder had implications for the clinical management of their HIV infection. Investigations of weight loss, dietary intervention, and compliance may all be affected by the
CNA opposes new move to mandate HIV testing.: Calif Nurse. 1992 Apr;88(4):5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224044
Psychiatric morbidity in patients with HIV infection.: Can J Psychiatry. 1992 Mar;37(2):109-15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224110; Chuang HT; Jason GW; Pajurkova EM; Gill MJ; Department of Psychiatry, University of Calgary and Foothills; Hospital, Alberta.; A psychiatric examination was conducted on 144 patients at various stages of HIV infection and on 29 controls found to be seronegative. One-half of the control group had at least one DSM-III-R Axis I diagnosis, most commonly cannabis abuse, alcohol abuse, or adjustment disorder. Compared to this baseline, HIV-infected
Status of immune-based therapies in HIV infection and AIDS.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1992 Apr;88(1):1-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224405; Fahey JL; Schooley R; Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Disease, UCLA School of; Medicine 90024-1747.; As our understanding of HIV disease pathogenesis progresses, approaches to immune-based therapy are evolving. Initial therapies aiming to alter immune function in patients with HIV infection have had mixed results. Clinical benefit in the trials so far has not been dramatic, although the studies are still at an early
Human trophoblast cells express CD4 and are permissive for productive infection with HIV-1.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1992 Apr;88(1):10-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224406; David FJ; Autran B; Tran HC; Menu E; Raphael M; Debre P; Hsi BL; Wegman TG; Barre-Sinoussi F; Chaouat G; Clinique Universitaire Baudelocque, Paris, France.; The European collaborative study of HIV-infected pregnant women in Europe now indicates a 13% risk of fetal HIV infection (originally thought to be about 30%, and possibly higher in some countries). Several reports suggest trans-placental passage. However, the detailed mechanisms associated with such vertical transmis
Inhibitory activity of HIV envelope gp120 dominates over its antigenicity for human T cells.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1992 Apr;88(1):17-22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224420; Manca F; Walker L; Newell A; Celada F; Habeshaw JA; Dalgleish AG; Department of Immunology, University of Genoa, San Martino; Hospital, Italy.; HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (gp120), as a CD4-binding reactant, has been shown to inhibit in its native form human T cell responses to several antigens. Here we show that gp120 in soluble form also inhibits activation of a specific human T cell line that responds to gp120-pulsed autologous antigen-presenting cells. In
Impaired phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by granulocytes and monocytes of AIDS patients.: Clin Exp Immunol. 1992 Apr;88(1):23-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224423; Pos O; Stevenhagen A; Meenhorst PL; Kroon FP; Van Furth R; Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Leiden,; The Netherlands.; In the present study the microbicidal activities of granulocytes and monocytes from AIDS patients (CDC group IV) were assessed and compared with those of healthy controls. The phagocytosis and intracellular killing of Staphylococcus aureus by patient and control cells were measured using a method in which the rate of
Ga-67 citrate in diagnosing tracheoesophageal fistula in a patient with AIDS. Case report.: Clin Nucl Med. 1992 Feb;17(2):103-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224511; Chow CC; Kotlyarov EV; Fantry GT; Pichney LS; Department of Radiology, University of Maryland Medical System,; Baltimore 21201.; Increased radiopharmaceutical uptake in the mediastinum and/or hilum on Ga-67 citrate scan in patients with AIDS has been attributed, to date, mostly to infectious etiologies. Because other complications are being reported in these patients, awareness of their presentation in diagnostic imaging is important. Tracheoes
Is AIDS education related to condom acquisition?: Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1992 Apr;31(4):205-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224534; Rickert VI; Gottlieb AA; Jay MS; Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock 72202.; The acquisition and subsequent use of condoms are two important behaviors that sexually active adolescents must adopt to reduce the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The aims of this study were: first, to evaluate whether combining prescriptions for free condoms with anticipatory guidance would incre
Cell numbers and in vitro responses of leucocytes and lymphocyte subpopulations following maximal exercise and interval training sessions of different intensities.: Eur J Appl Physiol. 1992;64(3):218-27. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224919; Fry RW; Morton AR; Crawford GP; Keast D; Department of Human Movement and Recreation Studies, University; of Western Australia, Perth.; In vitro lymphocyte function and the mobilisation of peripheral blood leucocytes was examined in eight trained subjects who undertook an incremental exercise test to exhaustion and a series of interval training sessions. Venous blood samples were obtained before the incremental test, immediately after, and 30, 60, and
Immunoblotting analysis of IgA and IgM antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) polypeptides in seropositive infants.: Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1992 Jan;11(1):27-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92224934; Re MC; Furlini G; Vignoli M; Zauli G; Dallacasa P; Masi M; La Placa M; Institute of Microbiology, University of Bologna, St. Orsola; Hospital, Italy.; Seventy infants born to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) seropositive mothers were studied for specific antibody (IgA, IgM and IgG) production and the presence of active infection (detectable level of virus in peripheral blood lymphocytes). Among these children, followed for up to 15-40 months after birth,
Transitory alexia without agraphia in an HIV-positive patient suffering from toxoplasma encephalitis: a case report.: Eur Neurol. 1992;32(1):26-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225017; Luscher C; Horber FF; Medical Policlinics, Inselspital, University of Berne,; Switzerland.; An HIV-positive patient presented the classical syndrome of pure alexia. Neuroradiologic investigation by computed tomography showed a ring-like lesion in the left posterior white matter. The clinical manifestations as well as the radiologic findings resolved after antiprotozoal treatment.
Procoagulant and fibrinolytic activities in bronchoalveolar fluid of HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients.: Eur Respir J. 1992 Apr;5(4):411-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225083; De Benedetti E; Nicod L; Reber G; Vifian C; de Moerloose P; Dept of Medicine, University Cantonal Hospital, Geneva,; Switzerland.; Imbalance between intra-alveolar procoagulant activity (PCA) and fibrinolytic activity may lead to fibrin deposition, as described in several pneumopathies, and may eventually contribute to fibrotic changes as observed in Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). The aim of our study was to compare these activities in bro
HIV/AIDS mandatory testing: health care workers.: Fla Nurse. 1992 Mar;40(3):3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225156
[Diagnostic strategy for chronic diarrhea in adults]: Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1992;16(2 ( Pt 3)):T12-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225294; Cerf M; Service de Gastroenterologie, Hopital Louis-Mourier, Colombes.
[AIDS and mycoplasma infection: what is the connection?]: Harefuah. 1992 Feb 2;122(3):172-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225396; Nir-Paz R; Kahane I
[AIDS--will we have an effective vaccine? (editorial)]: Harefuah. 1992 Feb 2;122(3):196-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225403; Handzel ZT
[Should HIV positive physicians continue practicing in silence? (news)]: Fortschr Med. 1992 Jan 20;110(1-2):14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225441
Immunohistochemical localization of human immunodeficiency virus p24 antigen in placental tissue.: Hum Pathol. 1992 Apr;23(4):411-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225502; Martin AW; Brady K; Smith SI; DeCoste D; Page DV; Malpica A; Wolf B; Neiman RS; Department of Pathology, University of Louisville School of; Medicine, KY 40292.; As human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection spreads into the heterosexual population, perinatally acquired HIV infection will increase in incidence, and knowledge of the mechanism of this transfer is important. We have used immunoperoxidase techniques to detect HIV p24 antigen in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded
[Circulating CD8 as an indicator of inflammatory rheumatic disease]: Immun Infekt. 1992 Feb;20(1):6-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225518; Becker H; Paul E; Schaum S; Renelt M; Federlin K; Medizinische Klinik III und Poliklinik, Universitat Giessen.; An enzyme-linked immunoassay detecting soluble CD8 (s-CD8) was applied to study activation of CD8(+)-(suppressor/cytotoxic) T-cells in patients with rheumatic diseases. Compared with normals, s-CD8 levels were elevated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and polymyositis. In contrast, low s-
Terminology for drug injection practices among intravenous drug users in Baltimore.: Int J Addict. 1992 Apr;27(4):435-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225755; Smith AM; Vlahov D; Menon AS; Anthony JC; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and; Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.; Terms for four discrete drug injection practices were obtained by presenting photographs and a brief description of practices to intravenous drug users who enrolled in a longitudinal study of HIV infection in Baltimore. The 2,921 respondents were predominantly male (81%) and Black (90%), the median age was 34 years (r
I.v. versus non-i.v. drug use and selected patient variables related to AIDS risk behaviors.: Int J Addict. 1992 Apr;27(4):477-85. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92225757; Kramer TH; Ottomanelli G; Bihari B; The Rockingham Addiction Research Branch, Northampton,; Massachusetts 01060.; A sample of 206 drug users volunteered for a survey questionnaire of AIDS-related risk behaviors. The Risk Behavior Inventory (RBI) was used to elicit self-report information on risk behaviors including drug use, needle use, and sexual practices. Non-IV cocaine users reported less risk behaviors than patients involved
Population pharmacokinetic analysis of didanosine (2',3'-dideoxyinosine) plasma concentrations obtained in phase I clinical trials in patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex.: J Clin Pharmacol. 1992 Mar;32(3):242-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226269; Pai SM; Shukla UA; Grasela TH; Knupp CA; Dolin R; Valentine FT; McLaren C; Liebman HA; Martin RR; Pittman KA; et al; Department of Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Bristol-Myers; Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Bristol-Myers Squibb; Company, Syracuse, New York 13221-4755.; Plasma didanosine concentration data from 36 patients receiving once-a-day therapy and from 33 patients receiving twice-a-day therapy were subject to population pharmacokinetic analysis with the computer program NONMEM. Once- or twice-a-day regimens of didanosine were administered intravenously (i.v.) (dose: 0.8-33 mg
Public perceptions and the exclusion of HIV-positive foreign visitors.: J Community Health. 1992 Feb;17(1):1-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226276; Imperato PJ
UVB phototherapy of the pruritic papular eruption of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992 Mar;26(3 Pt 2):423-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226291; Pardo RJ; Bogaert MA; Penneys NS; Byrne GE Jr; Ruiz P; Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of; Miami School of Medicine, FL 33101.; BACKGROUND: Pruritic papular eruption (PPE) is a chronic dermatosis frequently seen in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients. UVB phototherapy has been successfully used to treat a similar inflammatory condition (Ofuji disease) as well as pruritus of systemic origin. OBJECTIVE: We describe the successfu
Nurses' knowledge about and attitudes toward patients with AIDS.: J Contin Educ Nurs. 1992 Mar-Apr;23(2):69-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226320; Rae D; Brown Y; Calder B; With the increasing incidence of AIDS, it is probably inevitable that most nurses working in acute care settings will at some time come in contact with a patient who has AIDS. Nurses must be prepared to give safe, competent, and compassionate care to patients with AIDS. This article reports the results of a survey of
AIDS research intensifying: 88 medicines in testing, 14 approved [news]: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1992 Mar;13(3):170. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226505
HIV testing: an ethical analysis.: Insight. 1992 Apr;17(1):17-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226592; Piazza DL; As the epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus continues to grow, the relationship between patients and health care workers is being tainted with fear and mistrust. The demand for mandatory testing of health care providers has caused many of us to assess our basic values of autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence,
Lack of detectable human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I sequences in samples from multiple sclerosis patients.: J Med Virol. 1992 Mar;36(3):155-61. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226710; Menzo S; Manzin A; Bagnarelli P; Varaldo PE; Grandi G; Giuliani G; Cazzato G; Giacca M; Clementi M; Institute of Microbiology, University of Ancona, Italy.; Recently, inconclusive results have followed the early data on the possible association between multiple sclerosis (MS) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) infection. For this reason, we examined this hypothesis using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to study samples of differing origin from Italian
Tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) and neurological disorders in HIV infection.: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1992 Mar;55(3):219-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226762; Mastroianni CM; Paoletti F; Valenti C; Vullo V; Jirillo E; Delia S; Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Universita La Sapienza Rome,; Italy.; Tumour necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) concentrations were determined in the CSF from 42 HIV-infected patients, with or without CNS involvement. In addition, 14 subjects with various neurological disorders but without HIV antibodies were included as controls. Raised CSF concentrations of TNF-alpha (greater than 40 ng/l) w
The decrease of CD8-positive lymphocytes in Alzheimer's disease.: J Neurol Sci. 1992 Feb;107(2):160-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226794; Pirttila T; Mattinen S; Frey H; Department of Neurology, Tampere University Hospital, Finland.; The aim of this study was to analyze the possible association of the changes in systemic immunity in the neurodegenerative diseases and in brain atrophy per se. Therefore we enumerated the numbers and proportions of the CD3-, CD4- and CD8-positive cells and B-lymphocytes in peripheral blood of 136 patients with variou
House Bill 1012: perspective on new HIV law.: J Okla State Med Assoc. 1992 Mar;85(3):124-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226895; Hutton J; Harkess J; Cole R
Evaluation of a needle-free intravenous access system.: J Intraven Nurs. 1992 Jan-Feb;15(1):11-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226897; Beason R; Bourguignon J; Fowler D; Gardner C; Needle-stick injuries are one of the most severe hazards faced by nurses today. The most physically and emotionally devastating type of injury is from a needle contaminated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but far more likely to occur is infection with other blood-borne pathogens, especially hepatitis B. The d
Exposure-prone procedures.: J Intraven Nurs. 1992 Jan-Feb;15(1):58-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92226903; Sullivan LW
High school students' knowledge of HIV/AIDS and perceived risk of currently having AIDS.: J Sch Health. 1992 Feb;62(2):59-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227509; DuRant RH; Ashworth CS; Newman C; Gaillard G; Dept. of Pediatrics, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; 30912-3770.; Factors associated with AIDS knowledge and perceived risk of currently having HIV infection among adolescents were examined. A modified version of the Centers for Disease Control s Health Risk Survey was administered to 11th and 12th grade students (N = 2,483) in homerooms from nine schools in one southeastern communi
[Cryptococcosis: presentation of 26 cases]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Mar 14;98(10):361-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227587; Pedrol E; Mallolas J; Gonzalez-Clemente JM; Miro JM; Azon A; Gatell JM; Moreno A; Mensa J; Soriano E; Servico de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Clinic i; Provincial, Barcelona.; BACKGROUND: Cryptococcosis is more frequently observed since the appearance of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). AIDS has modified the clinical and evolutive forms of the disease. This study reviews the changes produced in the infection from the context of AIDS. METHODS: The present is a retrospective stu
[Cryptococcosis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (editorial)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Mar 14;98(10):375-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227591; Santamaria JM; Zubero Z
[Spectrum of hepatopathy in human immunodeficiency virus infection (letter)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Mar 14;98(10):398. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227598; Gomez MC; Fernandez MT; Castella E; Ojanguren I
State hits record 220 AIDS cases [news]: Minn Med. 1992 Feb;75(2):46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227849
'U' researchers conduct AIDS survey [news]: Minn Med. 1992 Mar;75(3):46. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227860
Immunoglobulin V regions and epitope mapping of a murine monoclonal antibody against p24 core protein of HIV-1.: Mol Immunol. 1992 Apr;29(4):561-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227956; Kuttner G; Giessmann E; Niemann B; Winkler K; Grunow R; Hinkula J; Rosen J; Wahren B; von Baehr R; Institute of Medical Immunology, Humboldt-University, Berlin,; Germany.; The nucleotide sequence of a murine monoclonal antibody (CB-mab-p24/13-5) against p24 core protein of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) was determined for variable regions of the heavy and light chain, respectively. Genetic elements encoding the VDJH- and VJL-regions of the antibody were generated from RNA by t
[Stage-independence and individual outcome of neuro-cognitive deficits in HIV. A follow-up study of 62 HIV-positive hemophilic patients]: Nervenarzt. 1992 Feb;63(2):88-94. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228060; Helmstaedter C; Hartmann A; Niese C; Brackmann HH; Sass R; Universitatsklinik fur Epileptologie, Bonn.; 62 of a series of 188 HIV-positive hemophiliacs, who had been neuropsychologically evaluated already in 1988 (T1), were re-examined 1 1/2 years later (T2). The aims of the study were to confirm the cross-sectional results of the 1988 study and to compare cross-sectional and longitudinal aspects of HIV infection and as
Improvement of motor performance of HIV-positive patients under AZT therapy.: Neurology. 1992 Apr;42(4):891-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228189; Arendt G; Hefter H; Buescher L; Hilperath F; Elsing C; Freund HJ; Department of Neurology, University of Duesseldorf, Germany.; We performed motor tests (most rapid alternating movements [MRAMs] of index fingers and most rapid contractions [MRCs] of voluntary isometric index finger extensions) in HIV-positive patients with (group 1) and without (group 2) AZT treatment over a 6
[Nocardiosis and AIDS (news)]: Minerva Chir. 1992 Feb;47(3-4):171-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228225; Di Nola F
[AIDS in Italy (news)]: Minerva Chir. 1992 Feb;47(3-4):176-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228226; Di Nola F
[Some aspects of the treatment of HIV infection (news)]: Minerva Ginecol. 1992 Mar;44(3):134. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228237; Costantino M
[AIDS in Italy (news)]: Minerva Ginecol. 1992 Mar;44(3):134-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228238; Di Nola F
Tunneled central venous catheter complications and the iatrogenic superior vena cava syndrome.: N Y State J Med. 1992 Feb;92(2):43-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228307; Presant CA; University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los; Angeles.
The public health crisis in New York City. Essay review.: N Y State J Med. 1992 Feb;92(2):63-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228312; Imperato PJ; Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, State; University of New York, Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 seroprevalence among parturients in Los Angeles County public hospitals.: Obstet Gynecol. 1992 May;79(5 ( Pt 1)):657-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228348; Hill DA; Thomas JC; Frenkel LM; Settlage RH; Lee M; Yonekura ML; AIDS Epidemiology Program and Acute Communicable Disease Control,; Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, California.; To estimate the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) among parturients in an area with a high cumulative incidence of AIDS, an HIV seroprevalence study was conducted in 1988 in Los Angeles County. Test results were available from 8485 (86.1%) of the 9860 women delivering at four public hospitals.
Bacillary angiomatosis in a pregnant patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: Obstet Gynecol. 1992 May;79(5 ( Pt 2)):818-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228385; Riley LE; Tuomala RE; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brigham and Women's; Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.; Bacillary angiomatosis, a cutaneous lesion newly recognized to affect patients with AIDS, may resemble Kaposi sarcoma. It is presumed to be an infectious process caused by the gram-negative bacilli associated with cat-scratch fever. We present a case of bacillary angiomatosis
Relationship of the human immunodeficiency virus epidemic to pediatric tuberculosis and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin immunization.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992 Mar;11(3):220-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228601; Braun MM; Cauthen G; Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992 Mar;11(3):232-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228603; Vandersteenhoven JJ; Dbaibo G; Boyko OB; Hulette CM; Anthony DC; Kenny JF; Wilfert CM; Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham,; NC 27710.
Whooping cough associated with Bordetella parapertussis in a human immunodeficiency virus-infected child [letter]: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992 Mar;11(3):248. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228611; Nordmann P; Francois B; Menozzi FD; Commare MC; Barois A
Neopterin concentrations in pediatric human immunodeficiency virus infection as predictor of disease activity.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992 Apr;11(4):286-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228618; Ellaurie M; Calvelli T; Rubinstein A; Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,; Bronx, NY 10461.; Neopterin concentrations in 50 children with human immunodeficiency virus infection were correlated with disease course. The neopterin concentrations ranged from 4 to 70 nM with a mean of 34.7 +/- 25.1 (SD) nM compared with a mean of 6.1 +/- 1.6 nM in the human immunodeficiency virus-negative control group. Elevated n
Aerosolized pentamidine: a well-tolerated mode of prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in older children with human immunodeficiency virus infection.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1992 Apr;11(4):290-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228619; Orcutt TA; Godwin CR; Pizzo PA; Ognibene FP; Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical; Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.; Aerosolized pentamidine has been recommended as an alternative mode of antipneumocystis prophylaxis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole intolerance. However, there have been no definitive data concerning the most appropriate dose and the tolerance of aerosolized pentami
MRI classification of lumbar herniated intervertebral disc.: Orthopedics. 1992 Apr;15(4):493-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228680; Kim KY; Kim YT; Lee CS; Shin MJ; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Asan Medical Center, University; of Ulsan, Medical College, Seoul, Korea.; A consecutive series of 28 patients with lumbar herniated intervertebral disc (HIVD) who exhibited positive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings was analyzed and compared with operative findings to define the type of disc herniation. This prospective study showed that the overall accuracy of MRI in predicting the
Susceptibility testing by polymerase chain reaction DNA quantitation: a method to measure drug resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 isolates.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3241-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228760; Eron JJ; Gorczyca P; Kaplan JC; D'Aquila RT; Infectious Disease Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital,; Charlestown.; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA quantitation (PDQ) susceptibility testing rapidly and directly measures nucleoside sensitivity of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates. PCR is used to quantitate the amount of HIV-1 DNA synthesized after in vitro infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The r
Vaccinia virus recombinants expressing chimeric proteins of human immunodeficiency virus and gamma interferon are attenuated for nude mice.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3409-13. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228795; Giavedoni LD; Jones L; Gardner MB; Gibson HL; Ng CT; Barr PJ; Yilma T; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, University; of California, Davis 95616.; We have developed a method for attenuating vaccinia virus recombinants by expressing a fusion protein of a lymphokine and an immunogen. Chimeric genes were constructed that coded for gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) and structural proteins of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). In this study, we describe the
HLA-A2-peptide complexes: refolding and crystallization of molecules expressed in Escherichia coli and complexed with single antigenic peptides.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3429-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228799; Garboczi DN; Hung DT; Wiley DC; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes; Medical Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138-2092.; The two subunits of the human class I histocompatibility antigen (HLA)-A2 have been expressed at high levels (20-30 mg/liter) as insoluble aggregates in bacterial cells. The aggregates were dissolved in 8 M urea and then refolded to form an HLA-A2-peptide complex by removal of urea in the presence of an antigenic pept
A viral protease-mediated cleavage of the transmembrane glycoprotein of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus can be suppressed by mutations within the matrix protein.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3443-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228802; Brody BA; Rhee SS; Sommerfelt MA; Hunter E; Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham; 35294.; The envelope glycoprotein precursor of retroviruses undergoes proteolytic cleavage in the Golgi complex to yield the mature surface and transmembrane (TM) glycoproteins of the virus. We report here that the TM glycoprotein of Mason- Pfizer monkey virus undergoes a second pr
Site-specific cleavage of the transactivation response site of human immunodeficiency virus RNA with a tat-based chemical nuclease.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3526-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228819; Jayasena SD; Johnston BH; Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory, SRI International, Menlo; Park, CA 94025.; tat, an essential transactivator of gene transcription in the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is believed to activate viral gene expression by binding to the transactivation response (TAR) site located at the 5 end of all viral mRNAs. The TAR element forms a stem-loop structure containing a 3-nucleotide bulge tha
Bringing homophobia out of the closet: antigay bias within the patient-physician relationship [see comments]: Pharos. 1992 Winter;55(1):2-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228872; Kelly CE; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
To treat or not--can a physician choose? A commentary [comment]: Pharos. 1992 Winter;55(1):39-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228876; Faria MA Jr; Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, Georgia.
Reality testing and self-reported AIDS self-care behavior.: Psychol Rep. 1992 Feb;70(1):59-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228940; Bassman LE; This investigation examined the relationship between reality testing and AIDS self-care behavior for 509 urban college students. It was hypothesized that reality testing may become impaired in sexual interactions that carry the risk of HIV infection, leading to imperfect adoption of safer sex practices. Reality testin
On the HIV nef gene product.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):31-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229090; Hovanessian AG; Unite de Virologie et Immunologie cellulaire, URA CNRS 1157,; Institut Pasteur, Paris.
The HIV Nef protein: facts and hypotheses.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):34-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229091; Guy B; Acres RB; Riviere Y; Kieny MP; Transgene, Strasbourg, France.
Virological and cellular physiological roles of HIV Nef protein.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):38-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229092; Venkatesan S; Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, National Institute of; Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health,; Bethesda, MD 20892.
Functional analysis of HIV1 and SIV Nef proteins.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):43-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229093; Niederman TM; Ratner L; Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine,; St. Louis, MO.
Points to ponder on the function of Nef.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):47-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229094; Smithe JA; Reitz MS; Laboratory of Tumor Cell Biology, National Cancer Institute,; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Molecular characterization of HIV1 Nef protein.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):50-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229096; Kaminchik J; Sarver N; Gorecki M; Panet A; BioTechnology General (Israel) Ltd, Kiryat Weizmann, Rehovot,; Israel.
Downregulation of cell surface CD4 by nef.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):52-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229097; Garcia JV; Miller AD; Program in Molecular Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research; Center, Seattle, WA 98104.
The nef gene products: biochemical properties and effects on host cell functions.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):55-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229098; Nebreda AR; Segade F; Santos E; Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, National Cancer; Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Characterization of the Nef protein in HIV1-infected CEM cells.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):59-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229099; Laurent-Crawford AG; Hovanessian AG; Unite de Virologie and Immunologie cellulaire, Institut Pasteur,; Paris.
HIV1 3' ORF is open in pathological tissue and accelerates viral replication in primary lymphocytes.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):63-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229100; Blumberg B; Epstein L; de Ronde A; Goudsmit J; Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center,; New York 14642.
The negative (?) factor of HIV and SIV.: Res Virol. 1992 Jan-Feb;143(1):66-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229101; Kirchhoff F; Hunsmann G; German Primate Center, Department of Virology and Immunology,; Goettingen.
[AIDS: the transfusion scandal]: Rev Infirm. 1992 Jan;42(1):40-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229243
[Antiretroviral treatments and their therapeutical trials]: Rev Prat. 1992 Jan 15;42(2):148-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229330; Bazin C; Regnier B; Service de reanimation medicale et maladies infectieuses, CHU; Cote de Nacre, Caen.; Efficacity of antiretroviral treatments is limited by the fact that available drugs are only virostatic and by the progressive impairment of the immune system during HIV infection. Antiviral compounds active on the various steps of viral invasion and replication are described. Further progress in the association of se
[Toxoplasmosis: new aspects, diagnosis and treatment]: Rev Prat. 1992 Jan 15;42(2):155-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229331; Oksenhendler E; Matheron S; Service d'immuno-hematologie, hopital Saint-Louis, Paris.; The position of visceral toxoplasmosis in HIV infection has changed in the late 1980 s. The strong prevalence of toxoplasmosis in the French population and the regression of pneumocystosis due to generalization of primary prophylaxis have made cerebral toxoplasmosis the initial manifestation of AIDS in about 20% of th
[Human immunodeficiency virus infection and malignant lymphoma]: Rev Prat. 1992 Jan 15;42(2):160-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229332; Lang JM; Centre d'information et de soins de l'immunodeficience humaine,; clinique medicale A, Hospices civils de Strasbourg.; Infection by human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV) is associated with an increased incidence of non-Hodgkin s lymphomas (NHL) of B cell origin and of intermediate grade (diffuse large cell lymphomas according to the Working Formulation) or high grade (Kiel classification and Working Formulation). They may be either pri
[Prophylaxis and maintenance treatments of opportunistic infections in adults]: Rev Prat. 1992 Jan 15;42(2):166-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229333; Saimot AG; Girard PM; Landman R; Hopital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, Paris.; Primary prophylaxis against opportunistic infections is a capital advance in the management of HIV-infected patients. In cases with pneumocystosis prophylaxis is recommended when the number of T4 cells reaches 200/mm3 or 15 to 20% and constitutes a major incitation to apply for detection of seropositivity. It can be p
Understanding the AIDS pandemic.: Sci Am. 1992 May;266(5):58-61, 64-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229399; Anderson RM; May RM; Department of Biology, Imperial College, London.
Official doubt on the AIDS test patent [news]: Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):19. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229415
The Gallo probe. The Richards panel tosses a curve [news]: Science. 1992 Apr 3;256(5053):23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229416; Hamilton DP
Is liability slowing AIDS vaccines? [news]: Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):168-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229432; Cohen J
Senate backs fetal research--and more [news]: Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):172-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229434; Palca J
Constructing proteins by dovetailing unprotected synthetic peptides: backbone-engineered HIV protease.: Science. 1992 Apr 10;256(5054):221-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229443; Schnolzer M; Kent SB; Department of Cell Biology, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla,; CA 92037.; Backbone-engineered HIV-1 protease was prepared by a total chemical synthesis approach that combines the act of joining two peptides with the generation of an analog structure. Unprotected synthetic peptide segments corresponding to the two halves of the HIV-1 protease monomer polypeptide chain were joined cleanly and
Overhaul at the FDA begins [news]: Science. 1992 Apr 17;256(5055):313. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229463
Minority women and sexual choice in the age of AIDS.: Soc Sci Med. 1992 Feb;34(4):447-57. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229531; Kline A; Kline E; Oken E; Maternal and Child Health Services, New Jersey Department of; Health, Trenton, NJ 08625-0364.; As rates of HIV infection among women continue to rise, health education efforts promoting safer sexual practices have increasingly targeted the female population. However, the wisdom of these efforts is often questioned on the grounds that women, particularly disadvantaged, minority women, lack the necessary power in
Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis complicating HIV infection: superiority of sputum smear over bronchoalveolar lavage.: South Med J. 1992 Apr;85(4):444-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229561; Ahmed AJ; Gateley A; D'Alonzo G; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Health; Science Center, Houston Medical School 77030.; Tuberculosis should be prominently considered in the differential diagnosis when an HIV-infected patient has respiratory symptoms. Sputum smears and culture for acid-fast organisms should always be obtained. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy to exclude other concurrent opportunistic infections is appropriate because Pneumocysti
Cystic parotomegaly in an HIV-seropositive patient. A case report.: S Afr J Surg. 1992 Mar;30(1):24-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229617; Bodenstein NP; Boustred RN; McIntosh WA; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Baragwanath Hospital.; The case of a middle-aged woman with a 1-year history of painless, bilateral parotid gland enlargement is reported. The clinical signs and immunological markers of Sjogren s syndrome were absent. Serology for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was positive and radiological findings were characteristic of a well-descri
[Propylene glycol in drugs. Risk for infants?]: Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 1992 Jan 20;112(2):260. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229744; Markestad T; Gronlie I
A DNA probe for human visceral leishmaniasis.: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg. 1992 Jan-Feb;86(1):35-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229785; Howard MK; Ogunkolade W; Bryceson AD; Davidson RN; Moody AH; Miles MA; Department of Medical Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and; Tropical Medicine, UK.
Filovirus seropositivity in prospective organ donor baboons.: Transplant Proc. 1992 Apr;24(2):617-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229971; Lecatsas G; Neethling FA; De Klerk WA; Gridelli B; Department of Virology, Animal Center of the Medical University; of Southern Africa.
A 585-bp deletion found in the spleen focus-forming virus (SFFV) env gene is responsible for the defective intracellular transport of SFFV gp52.: Virology. 1992 May;188(1):181-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230216; Srinivas RV; Tucker SP; Kilpatrick DR; Compans RW; Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research; Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38101.; The Friend spleen focus-forming virus (F-SFFV) codes for a transport defective, leukemogenic envelope glycoprotein designated as gp52. Gp52 closely resembles the envelope glycoproteins (gp70-p15E) encoded by the mink cell focus-forming viruses (MCFV). The major differences between SFFV and MCFV include a 585-bp deleti
Natural HIV-1 NEF accelerates virus replication in primary human lymphocytes.: Virology. 1992 May;188(1):391-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE GENBANK/M84632; de Ronde A; Klaver B; Keulen W; Smit L; Goudsmit J; University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam.; HIV-1 NEF genes were isolated directly from peripheral blood lymphocyte DNA of two HIV-1-infected individuals and cloned into an HXB-2-infectious molecular clone. The effect of NEF on virus production in T-cell lines and primary human lymphocytes was studied. Naturally occurring NEF accelerates virus production in pri
Detection of metastasis in cervical lymph nodes: CT and MR criteria and differential diagnosis.: AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1992 May;158(5):961-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230611; Som PM; Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City; University of New York, New York 10029-6574.; Radiologists are frequently asked to evaluate cervical lymph nodes with CT or MR imaging to determine if metastases are present, how extensive the metastases are, and if they have spread from lymph nodes to critical adjacent structures such as the carotid artery and skull base. Accurate information of this type is ess
Papanicolaou smear abnormalities in ambulatory care sites for women infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1992 Apr;166(4):1232-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92230718; Marte C; Kelly P; Cohen M; Fruchter RG; Sedlis A; Gallo L; Ray V; Webber CA; Department of Nursing, State University of New York Health; Science Center, Brooklyn.; OBJECTIVE: We attempted to determine the prevalence of cervical dysplasia in human immunodeficiency virus-infected women in ambulatory care settings and to correlate Papanicolaou smears with demographic and clinical variables. STUDY DESIGN: Papanicolaou smears of 135 women attending three ambulatory care clinics were
RNs use cues to predict violence [interview by Patricia McCarty]: Am Nurse. 1992 Apr;24(4):6, 9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231211; Chunn P
Violence against children--where will it end?: Am Nurse. 1992 Apr;24(4):9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231214; Stanley S
Transmission of human immunodeficiency virus in a dental practice [see comments]: Ann Intern Med. 1992 May 15;116(10):798-805. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231222; Ciesielski C; Marianos D; Ou CY; Dumbaugh R; Witte J; Berkelman R; Gooch B; Myers G; Luo CC; Schochetman G; et al; Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.; OBJECTIVE: To determine if patients of a dentist with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during their dental care and, if so, to identify possible mechanisms of transmission. DESIGN: Retrospective epidemiologic follow-up of the dentist, his office prac
Blastomycosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: Ann Intern Med. 1992 May 15;116(10):847-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231230; Pappas PG; Pottage JC; Powderly WG; Fraser VJ; Stratton CW; McKenzie S; Tapper ML; Chmel H; Bonebrake FC; Blum R; et al; University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Birmingham.; OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical, demographic, radiographic, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of blastomycosis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). DESIGN: A retrospective survey. SETTING: Ten university medical centers and community hospitals, six in geographic areas endemic for Blast
HIV transmission from health care worker to patient: what is the risk? [editorial; comment]: Ann Intern Med. 1992 May 15;116(10):871-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231235; Chamberland ME
Emphysema-like changes in HIV [letter; comment]: Ann Intern Med. 1992 May 15;116(10):876. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231239; Sahebjami H
An animal model of Kaposi's sarcoma. I. Immune status of CD1 mice undergoing dimethyl hydrazine treatment to induce angiosarcomas and other malignancies.: Anticancer Res. 1992 Jan-Feb;12(1):105-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231502; Dube M; Madarnas P; Rola-Pleszczynski M; Nigam VN; Departement d'Anatomie et Biologie Cellulaire, Faculte de; Medecine, Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.; Dimethylhydrazine (DMH) induces colonic cancer and angiosarcomas in mice. In order to determine pertinence of mouse angiosarcoma as a model to AIDS associated Kaposi s sarcoma (KS), we investigated if immune dysfunction occurred during tumor development by DMH. Outbred CD1 male mice received once weekly DMH a 20 mg/kg
An animal model of Kaposi's sarcoma. II. Pathogenesis of dimethyl hydrazine induced angiosarcoma and colorectal cancer in three mouse strains.: Anticancer Res. 1992 Jan-Feb;12(1):113-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231504; Madarnas P; Dube M; Rola-Pleszczynski M; Nigam VN; Departement de Pathologie, Faculte de Medecine, Universite de; Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.; CDI, C57B1/6 and DBA2 mice were subjected to dimethyl hydrazine (DMH) carcinogenesis to determine incidences of various types of tumors developing internally in the three strains. The animals were also screened for skin angiosarcomas. Skin lesions histologically similar to cutaneous AIDS associated Kaposi s sarcoma we
DNA elements target of transcriptional factors are not restricted to long terminal repeat of human immunodeficiency virus.: Anticancer Res. 1992 Jan-Feb;12(1):65-71. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231538; Feriotto G; Volinia S; Giacomini P; Gambari R; Istituto di Chimica Biologica, Universita di Ferrara, Italy.; In this report we show that signals for transcriptional factors are not restricted to the HIV-1 LTR, but are present throughout the HIV-1 genome. Furthermore, we identified a sequence, AGAACAGATG, highly homologous to the X-box of class II MHC genes and located within the tat-IVS/env region of HIV-1. Double stranded o
Synthesis and anti-HIV activity of some novel lactyl and glycolyl phosphate derivatives.: Antiviral Res. 1992 Mar;17(3):197-212. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231544; McGuigan C; Nickson C; O'Connor TJ; Kinchington D; Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton, Highfield,; U.K.; Novel phosphate triester derivatives of 3 -acetylthymidine, and of the anti-HIV nucleoside analogue AZT have been prepared by phosphorochloridate chemistry. These materials are designed to act as membrane-soluble pro-drugs of the bio-active free nucle
Gentian violet, ketoconazole and nystatin in oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis in Zairian AIDS patients.: Ann Soc Belg Med Trop. 1992 Mar;72(1):45-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231650; Nyst MJ; Perriens JH; Kimputu L; Lumbila M; Nelson AM; Piot P; Projet SIDA, Kinshasa, Zaire.; A randomized un-blinded study on the treatment of oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis was conducted in Kinshasa ( Zaire ), among 141 inpatients with AIDS and oropharyngeal candidiasis, of whom 136 also had esophageal candidiasis. The study compared the efficacy of gentian viole
[The evaluation of sexual behavior and knowledge of AIDS in the schools of Burkina Faso. A Knowledge, Attitude, Belief and Practice (KABP) survey in Banfora among 474 adolescents of 14-to-25-years old]: Ann Soc Belg Med Trop. 1992 Mar;72(1):63-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231653; Sicard JM; Kanon S; Ouedraogo LA; Chiron JP; Centre Muraz, OCCGE, Burkina Faso.; The results of a survey carried out in 1990 on the knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and practice (KABP) concerning AIDS are presented and discussed. The population surveyed was a random sample of 474 secondary school students (SSS), aged 14-25, in Banfora ( Burkina Faso ). Among the S
CALOMA launched at Guy's Hospital [news]: Aust Dent J. 1992 Feb;37(1):69-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231709
Performance evaluation impairment prior to HIV seropositive diagnosis: a preliminary Navy population-based study.: Aviat Space Environ Med. 1992 Mar;63(3):212-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231770; Bohnker BK; USS Forrestal, H Division, FPO Miami, FL 34080-2730.; Significant work problems were noted in two U.S. Navy personnel immediately prior to being found Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) seropositive. This finding suggested a preliminary study on performance evaluation impairment prior to HIV seropositive diagnosis. Cases studied were 75 (of a possible 82 available) HIV s
AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma cells in culture express vascular endothelial growth factor.: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1992 Mar 31;183(3):1167-74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231879; Weindel K; Marme D; Weich HA; Institute of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Freiburg, FRG.; PCR cloning and cDNA sequencing have been used to identify mRNAs of two splice products of the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene, VEGF121 and VEGF165, in cells isolated from Kaposi s sarcomas (KS) of AIDS patients (AIDS-KS). As demonstrated by Northern blot analysis, AIDS-KS cells as well as tumor cells s
Resolution of 9-(c-4,t-5-bishydroxymethylcyclopent-2-en-r-1-yl)-9H-adenine and selective inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus by the (-) enantiomer.: Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1992 Apr 15;184(1):154-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92231919; Katagiri N; Shiraishi T; Sato H; Toyota A; Kaneko C; Yusa K; Oh-hara T; Tsuruo T; Pharmaceutical Institute, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.; Two enantiomers of 9-(c-4,t-5-bishydroxymethylcyclopent-2-en-r-1-yl)-9H- adenine (BCA) which showed a potent and selective anti-HIV effects have been synthesized and evaluated against human immunodeficiency virus type 1. The result demonstrated that the potent-HIV activity of racemic BCA is expressed solely by the (-)
Sweet's syndrome and monarthritis in a human immunodeficiency virus-positive patient.: Arthritis Rheum. 1992 Apr;35(4):484-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232045; Hilliquin P; Marre JP; Cormier C; Renoux M; Menkes CJ; Puissant A; Hopital Cochin, Paris, France.
National Center for Nursing Research Update.: AAOHN J. 1992 Apr;40(4):196-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232053; Rogers B
Induction of HLA class II molecules on human T cells: relationship to immunoregulation and the pathogenesis of AIDS.: DNA Cell Biol. 1992 Apr;11(3):265-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232136; Kamoun M; Zerva L; Sloan S; Zmijewski C; Monos D; Trinchieri G; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of; Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.; Human T cells express HLA class II molecules upon activation. The factors that regulate the induction of expression of these molecules are for the most part unknown. Here we report preliminary results indicating that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) regulates the induction of cell-surface HLA-DR, DO, and DP mol
In vitro studies of HIV-1 expression in thymocytes from infants and children.: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):265-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232151; Hays EF; Uittenbogaart CH; Brewer JC; Vollger LW; Zack JA; Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.; OBJECTIVE: To determine whether thymocytes from infants and young children can be infected with and their maturation capability altered by HIV-1, and to examine the effects of interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-4 on this process. DESIGN: Serum-free culture medium was used so that cytokine effects could be studied under defined
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole versus pentamidine for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in AIDS patients: results of a large prospective randomized treatment trial.: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):301-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232155; Klein NC; Duncanson FP; Lenox TH; Forszpaniak C; Sherer CB; Quentzel H; Nunez M; Suarez M; Kawwaff O; Pitta-Alvarez A; et al; Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York,; New York.; OBJECTIVE: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) with pentamidine in the therapy of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) in patients with AIDS. PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: TMP-SMX (TMP, 20 mg/kg/day plus SMX, 100 mg/kg/day) was compared with pentamidine (4 mg/kg/day), both
The prevalence of invasive amebiasis is not increased in patients with AIDS [see comments]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):307-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232156; Jessurun J; Barron-Rodriguez LP; Fernandez-Tinoco G; Hernandez-Avila M; Unidad de Patologia, Hospital General de Mexico, Departmento de; Patologia Facultad de Medicina, UNAM.; OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the frequency or severity of invasive amebiasis is increased in patients with AIDS. DESIGN: A case-control sampling approach, based on an autopsy registry. SETTING: General Hospital of Mexico City, Mexico, a large government-supported, tertiary care medical institution. PATIENTS, PARTIC
Treatment of intestinal microsporidiosis with albendazole in patients with AIDS.: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):311-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232157; Blanshard C; Ellis DS; Tovey DG; Dowell S; Gazzard BG; AIDS Unit, Westminster-Hospital, London, UK.; OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical and parasitological response to treatment of intestinal microsporidiosis with albendazole. DESIGN: Open prospective study. SETTING: Hospital-based HIV/genito-urinary medicine unit. PATIENTS, PARTICIPANTS: Six consecutive AIDS patien
Analysis of sexual behaviour in France (ACSF). A comparison between two modes of investigation: telephone survey and face-to-face survey. ASCF principal investigators and their associates [see comments]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):315-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232158; OBJECTIVE: To determine the methodology to be used in a national survey on sexual behaviour in France . DESIGN: To compare two modes of investigation: telephone and face-to-face surveys. METHODS: A questionnaire lasting between 15 and 60 min was administered to 800 people, one-half
Kinetics of the HIV-CD4 interactions and virus-cell fusion [editorial; comment]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):325-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232159; Klasse PJ; Moore JP
Understanding sexual behaviour [editorial; comment]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):329-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232160; McQueen D
Potential risks of eliciting antibodies enhancing HIV-1 infection of monocytic cells by vaccination with V3 loops of unmatched HIV-1 isolates [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):331-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232161; Jiang S; Neurath AR
Cytotoxic potential of CD8+ T-cells in lymphoid follicles during HIV-1 infection [letter; comment]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):333-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232163; Laman JD; van den Eertwegh AJ
Mucosa-associated gastric lymphoma occurring in an HIV-antibody-positive patient [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):336-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232165; Coker RJ; Lau R; Isaacson PG; Kelly SA; Price P; Weber J
A simple scoring system to diagnose Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in high-risk individuals [letter; comment]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):337-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232166; Smith D; Forbes A; Gazzard B
p24 antigenaemia as a predictor of good immunological responsiveness to zidovudine therapy in asymptomatic HIV infection [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):338-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232167; Montroni M; Silvestri G; Butini L; Bartocci C; Regnery C; Danieli G
HIV-related risk behaviour in UK holiday-makers [letter]: AIDS. 1992 Mar;6(3):339-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232168; Gillies P; Slack R; Stoddart N; Conway S
Epidermal expression of interleukin-6 and tumour necrosis factor-alpha in normal and immunoinflammatory skin states in humans.: APMIS Suppl. 1992;24:1-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232360; Oxholm A; The in vivo presence of cytokines in human skin was examined by ABC- and IF-techniques, and by using antisera to human rIL-6, rIL-1-alpha, rIL-1-beta, rTNF-alpha and an antiserum to crude supernatants of Staph. albus activated human blood monocytes (anti-MK-antiserum) before and after absorption with rIL-6. The follow
Soluble CD4 suppress the antigen driven proliferative response of certain T cell clones specific for mycobacteria and for peptides by mycobacterial heat shock proteins.: Int Immunol. 1992 Mar;4(3):355-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232609; Gidlund M; Halapi E; Cornelisse Y; Ottenhof T; Wigzell H; Kiessling R; Department of Immunology Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.; We have investigated the effect of soluble recombinant CD4 (sCD4) on the antigen specific (BCG, peptides of mycobacterial 65 kDa hsp) responses of T cell lines of T cell clones. The majority of the antigen specific clones could be suppressed in their antigen driven response by the addition of sCD4, while others, inclu
Synthesis and conformational studies of N-glycosylated analogues of the HIV-1 principal neutralizing determinant.: Biochemistry. 1992 May 5;31(17):4282-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232734; Laczko I; Hollosi M; Urge L; Ugen KE; Weiner DB; Mantsch HH; Thurin J; Otvos L Jr; Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Center, Szeged,; Hungary.; The principal neutralizing determinant (PND) of HIV-1 is found in the V3 loop of the envelope glycoprotein. Antibodies elicited by peptides from this region, containing the GlyProGlyArgAlaPhe (GPGRAF) sequence, were able to neutralize diverse HIV-1 isolates [Javaherian et al. (1990) Science 250, 1590-1593]. The GPGR t
[Evidence of infection by HIV-2 in Madrid (1991)]: An Med Interna. 1992 Mar;9(3):111-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232875; Gutierrez M; Soriano V; Olivan M; Lago M; Puente S; Baquero M; Gonzalez-Lahoz JM; Servicio de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III,; Madrid.; The presence of antibodies against HIV-2 was analyzed in serum samples from high-risk individuals for retrovirus infection, who were seropositives for HIV-1. Out of a total of 842 samples, 344 presented positive absorbency and 16, threshold ranges, in an enzymatic immunoassay (EIA) designed to detect simultaneously an
Acquired T cell specific deficiency other than acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).: Intern Med. 1992 Jan;31(1):11-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232983; Saiki O; Ogawa H; Ikeda T; Masuno T; Tanaka T; Deguchi Y; Endou T; Kishimoto S; Third Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University School of; Medicine, Japan.; Evidence of an acquired T cell-specific deficiency distinct from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in a 63-yr-old Japanese female is provided. Recently, this patients suffered from primary invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Skin tests to purified protein derivative of tuberculin (PPD) and Aspergillus antigens w
Restoration of abnormally high CD4/CD8 ratio and low natural killer cell activity by vitamin B12 therapy in a patient with post-gastrectomy megaloblastic anemia.: Intern Med. 1992 Jan;31(1):125-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232986; Kubota K; Kurabayashi H; Kawada E; Okamoto K; Shirakura T; Department of Medicine, Kusatsu Branch Hospital, Gunma University; School of Medicine, Japan.; A patient with post-gastrectomy megaloblastic anemia is described. Initially, the CD4/CD8 ratio of blood cells was abnormally high and the level of natural killer cell activity was markedly low. These abnormalities were, however, restored by vitamin B12 treatment. Taken together with our prior report on a patient with
[The nurse's role in AIDS]: Can Nurse. 1992 Apr;88(4):47-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233380; Cote JK; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) constitutes a problem of exceptional proportions for international public health. At the end of the 20th century, it is almost as if a kind of plague has stricken the world. Nurses have an important role to play in facing AIDS. Specific interventions relevant to their abiliti
Accelerated declining tendency of human T-cell leukemia virus type I carrier rates among younger blood donors in Kumamoto, Japan.: Cancer Res. 1992 May 1;52(9):2620-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233429; Oguma S; Imamura Y; Kusumoto Y; Nishimura Y; Yamaguchi K; Takatsuki K; Tokudome S; Okuma M; Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto; University, Japan.; The annual age- and sex-specific human T-cell leukemia virus type I carrier rate of blood donors in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan from 1986 to 1990 revealed that the carrier rates of all the age groups below 50 years declined linearly in both sexes (P less than 0.005). Furthermore, the an
Tuberculosis control and research strategies for the 1990s: memorandum from a WHO meeting.: Bull World Health Organ. 1992;70(1):17-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233525; Tuberculosis is the largest cause of death from a single infectious agent in the world, killing nearly 3 million people every year. This death toll represents 25% of avoidable adult deaths in developing countries. It imposes a heavy burden on the 8 million new individuals who contract the disease each year, and on the
Viral infections complicating primary immunodeficiencies.: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):123-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233674; Riches PG; Department of Immunology, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical; School, London.; Primary immunodeficiency states result from developmental or functional failure within one or more of the immune compartments. While viral infections are rarely a serious consequence of complementor of phagocyte deficiencies, they are frequently seen with T or B cell deficiencies and may be associated with unusual pre
Biological aspects of HIV infection.: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):169-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233679; Macchi B; Petruzzelli MA; De Laurenzi V; Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale e Scienze Biochimiche, II; Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata.; In the present paper the authors review the biological properties of the HIV infection. The preferential target of HIV infection is the lymphocyte that expresses the CD4 phenotype. Infection of CD4 subsets leads to a remarkable cytopathic effect that can be blocked by antibodies anti CD4 epitope. Actually the HIV enve
[Acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). Biological aspects and virological diagnosis]: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):179-86. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233680; Dianzani F; Antonelli G; Turriziani O; Riva E; Istituto di Virologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La; Sapienza.; The etiologic agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a retrovirus included in the subclass of lentiviruses in view of certain characteristics common to these viruses. Their similarity is mainly represented by the extreme slowness of disease manifestation and by the fact that HIV, like other lentiviruses, s
[Diffusion of HIV infection in children]: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):187-96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233681; Castelli Gattinara G; Elia L; Guzzanti E; Ospedale Bambino Gesu I.R.C.C.S. Roma.; Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has spread to almost every country so as to show the characteristics of a pandemic. According to WHO estimates, there are over 10 million infected subjects all over the world of whom two thirds are believed to be Africans. The infection is transmitted mainly heterosexually,
[Measures for prevention of AIDS]: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):205-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233683; Melino C; Istituto di Igiene G. Sanarelli, Universita degli Studi di Roma; La Sapienza.
[Psychopathological effects of AIDS]: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):213-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233684; Cozza M; Centro Studi Medicina dei Trasporti, Roma.; Fear of AIDS and poor information have fostered psychopathologic symptoms in some subjects to the point of manifest psychiatric conditions. The specific manner of transmission has contributed to the creation of psychosocial alarm as a result of which clubs reserved for seronegative persons have been founded in America
[Medico-legal aspects of AIDS]: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):217-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233685; Gualdi G; Marsella LT; Cattedra di Medicina Sociale, II Universita degli Studi di Roma; Tor Vergata.
[Emerging viral pathology in childhood]: Clin Ter. 1992 Feb;140(2):99-221. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233686
[Anal and perianal lesions in symptomatic HIV infections. Prospective study of a series of 190 patients]: Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 1992;16(2):148-54. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234083; Denis BJ; May T; Bigard MA; Canton P; Service d'Hepato-Gastroenterologie, CHRU de Nancy-Brabois,; Vandoeuvreles-Nancy.; The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and type of symptomatic anal and perianal diseases in patients belonging to group IV of the Centers for Disease Control classification of infections with human immuno-deficiency virus. Among the 190 prospectively included patients, 31 (16.3 percent) (30 men, 29 hom
Effects of zidovudine treatment on the small intestinal mucosa in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.: Gastroenterology. 1992 May;102(5):1483-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234103; Ullrich R; Heise W; Bergs C; L'age M; Riecken EO; Zeitz M; Department of Medicine, Klinikum Steglitz, Free University of; Berlin, Germany.; Zidovudine is associated with hematologic toxicity and may also impair the rapidly proliferating intestinal epithelium. However, patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection receiving zidovudine gain body weight, indicating improved absorptive function. In the present study, 33 HIV-infected patients with
Enterocytozoon bieneusi infection in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-related sclerosing cholangitis.: Gastroenterology. 1992 May;102(5):1778-81. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234141; Pol S; Romana C; Richard S; Carnot F; Dumont JL; Bouche H; Pialoux G; Stern M; Pays JF; Berthelot P; Unite d'Hepatologie, Hopital Laennec, Paris, France.; Acalculous cholecystitis and sclerosing cholangitis due to Cryptosporidium sp, and cytomegalovirus have been described in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). However, in about 40% of cases of AIDS-related biliary disease, no opportunistic pathogen is identi
Ulcerative colitis developing after amoebic dysentery in a haemophiliac patient with AIDS.: Gut. 1992 Mar;33(3):408-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234275; Sturgess I; Greenfield SM; Teare J; O'Doherty MJ; Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Thomas's Hospital, London.; Severe diarrhoea in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is usually a manifestation of gastrointestinal infection by a variety of organisms. We report a patient with low CD4 T cell counts who developed ulcerative colitis after amoebic dysentery. He subsequently developed acute ulcerative coliti
Simultaneous infection with two types of intestinal microsporidia in a patient with AIDS.: Gut. 1992 Mar;33(3):418-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234278; Blanshard C; Hollister WS; Peacock CS; Tovey DG; Ellis DS; Canning EU; Gazzard BG; AIDS Unit, Westminster Hospital, London.; We report the first case of a non-Enterocytozoon bieneusi microsporidial infection in the small intestine of a European AIDS patient with diarrhoea. It is also the first case in which a double infection with two different types of microsporidia has been encountered.
[New AIDS statistics from France (news)]: Fortschr Med. 1992 Feb 10;110(4):16-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234391; Paris KA
[HIV test for transplants (news)]: Fortschr Med. 1992 Feb 10;110(4):17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234392; Bethesda RK
Human T-lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: Hum Pathol. 1992 May;23(5):513-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234505; Rosenblum MK; Brew BJ; Hahn B; Shaw G; Haase A; Maroushek S; Price RW; Department of Pathology (Neuropathology), Memorial Sloan; Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.; We describe two cases of serologically confirmed human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-associated myelopathy involving North American men coinfected by the human immunodeficiency virus type 1. Our first patient suffered from a gradually progressive spastic paraparesis for 10 years prior to presenting with Kaposi
Unusual patterns of Histoplasma capsulatum meningitis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency virus.: Hum Pathol. 1992 May;23(5):581-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234514; Weidenheim KM; Nelson SJ; Kure K; Harris C; Biempica L; Dickson DW; Division of Neuropathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,; Bronx, NY 10461.; Disseminated histoplasmosis (DH) and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy occur in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). At autopsy, DH patients with central nervous system involvement almost always show extensive involvement of the lungs and reticuloendothelial system in addition to the brain, and progress
Eosinophilic pustular folliculitis in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.: Int J Dermatol. 1992 Mar;31(3):193-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234670; Ferrandiz C; Ribera M; Barranco JC; Clotet B; Lorenzo JC; Service of Dermatology, Hospital de Badalona Germans Trias i; Pujol, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.; Three patients with AIDS had an intensely pruritic eosinophilic pustular folliculitis associated with abundant Pityrosporum yeasts in the follicles, demonstrated by direct microscopy. The excellent response to ketoconazole treatment suggests a possible pathogenic role for Pityrosporum.
Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide: inhibitor of splicing of mRNA of human immunodeficiency virus.: Intervirology. 1992;33(2):65-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234710; Daum T; Engels JW; Mag M; Muth J; Lucking S; Schroder HC; Matthes E; Muller WE; Institut fur Physiologische Chemie, Johannes; Gutenburg-Universitat, Mainz, BRD.; Antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN), which are directed against the splice acceptor site of exon II of the regulatory gene tat of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), have been described. These 20-mer ODN s displayed moderate anti-HIV activity in vitro. Using the same antisense ODN (termed ODN-2), which w
Marked increase in benzodiazepine requirements during bronchoscopy in HIV positive intravenous drug abusers [letter]: Ir Med J. 1992 Mar;85(1):37-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234729; Rab-Khan A; MacLeod D; Prichard JS
Follow up of a cohort of intravenous heroin users in north and south central Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire.: Ir Med J. 1992 Mar;85(1):9-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234735; Dean G; Lavelle P; O'Kelly FD; Power B; Hillery I; Medico-Social Research Board of Ireland, Dublin.; Three studies of intravenous heroin abusers, in electoral wards in the north and south of central Dublin and in Dun Laoghaire, were undertaken in 1982-84. One hundred and one out of the 203 intravenous injectors in these three studies are known to have been tested in Dublin for infection by the Human Immunodeficiency
Hey girlfriend: an evaluation of AIDS prevention among women in the sex industry.: Health Educ Q. 1992 Spring;19(1):25-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234757; Dorfman LE; Derish PA; Cohen JB; Department of Social and Administrative Health Sciences, School; of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.; Increasingly, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) prevention programs have been developed to reach and influence street-based populations. Standard methods of evaluation do not fit the conditions of such programs. This article describes a process and outcome evaluation of an AIDS prevention program for sex worke
Thymic and mammary lymphosarcoma in a three-year-old heifer.: J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1992 Mar 1;200(5):699-701. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234807; Matthews HK; Hunt E; Duncan DE; Department of Food Animal and Equine Medicine, School of; Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh; 27606.; Ventral edema, dyspnea, fever, tachycardia, bloat and muffled heart sounds were identified in a 3-year-old heifer. Attempts to relieve the bloat by passing an orogastric tube were unsuccessful. The heifer was bovine leukemia virus-negative by the agar gel immunodiffusion test, and had normocytic, normochromic anemia,
Cystatin C levels in sera of patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. A new avidin-biotin ELISA assay for its measurement.: J Immunoassay. 1992;13(1):47-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235298; Colle A; Tavera C; Prevot D; Leung-Tack J; Thomas Y; Manuel Y; Benveniste J; Leibowitch J; INSERM U 133, Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire Humaine,; Toulouse, France.; A solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for determining human serum cystatin C is described. In 50 normal samples, cystatin C concentration was 1247 +/- 224 micrograms/L (mean +/- SD) which is in agreement with previously reported levels. Serum levels of cystatin C and beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2-M) w
Development and characterization of a whole-cell radioligand binding assay for [125I]gp120 of HIV-1.: J Immunoassay. 1992;13(1):61-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235299; To LP; Balasubramanian V; Charlton ME; Francis TA; Doyle C; Sweetnam PM; NovaScreen, Division of Nova Pharmaceutical Corp., Baltimore,; Maryland 21224.; The binding of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein, gp120, to the CD4 receptor is an important step in productive infection. The development of agents which interrupt this binding phenomenon should be of therapeutic interest. The present study characterizes a whole cell gp120/CD4 radioligand binding assay (radioligand binding
The concurrent presence of systemic disease pathogens and cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma in the same lesion: Histoplasma capsulatum and Kaposi's sarcoma coexisting in a single skin lesion in a patient with AIDS.: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992 Feb;26(2 Pt 2):285-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235346; Cole MC; Cohen PR; Satra KH; Grossman ME; Department of Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of; Columbia University, New York, NY.; the concurrent presence of infectious organisms within cutaneous lesions of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) in persons with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been demonstrated. We report the first patient with AIDS in whom both KS and Histoplasma capsulatum were documented within the same cutaneous lesion. Patho
Diagnosis of Acanthamoeba infection by cutaneous manifestations in a man seropositive to HIV.: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992 Feb;26(2 Pt 2):352-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235365; May LP; Sidhu GS; Buchness MR; Department of Dermatology, New York University, New York.; A case of Acanthamoeba infection with cutaneous manifestations in a man seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus is reported. The diagnosis was made by identification of amoebic trophozoites and cysts in tissue specimens. Two other cases of disseminated Acanthamoeba infection with similar skin findings in patient
Acute miliary tuberculosis of the skin in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [see comments]: J Am Acad Dermatol. 1992 Feb;26(2 Pt 2):356-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235366; Rohatgi PK; Palazzolo JV; Saini NB; Pulmonary Section, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington,; D.C. 20422.; In human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons the clinical and radiographic appearance of pulmonary tuberculosis is frequently atypical, and extrapulmonary involvement is more frequent. We describe what we believe is the first case of a human immunodeficiency virus-infected person with acute miliary tuberculosis of
Where the nation stands with AIDS.: J Am Coll Dent. 1992 Spring;59(1):12-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235402; Osborn JE; School of Public Health, University of Michigan.
Where we stand with AIDS. The bad news and the good news [editorial] [see comments]: J Am Coll Dent. 1992 Spring;59(1):3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235403; Blair KP
Rhodococcus equi infection in patients with AIDS.: J Infect. 1992 Mar;24(2):123-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235429; Drancourt M; Bonnet E; Gallais H; Peloux Y; Raoult D; Laboratoire de Microbiologie Clinique, Hopital de la Conception,; Marseille, France.; Rhodococcus equi is an emerging opportunistic pathogen of HIV-I infected patients. It is an aerobic, Gram-positive coryneform bacterium which acts as a facultative intracellular micro-organism, multiplying in the phagosome of macrophages. Eighteen cases of R. equi infection in HIV-I positive patients have now been rep
Raised intracranial pressure and visual complications in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis.: J Infect. 1992 Mar;24(2):185-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235437; Johnston SR; Corbett EL; Foster O; Ash S; Cohen J; Infectious Diseases Unit, Royal Postgraduate Medical School,; Hammersmith Hospital, London, U.K.; The clinical course of cryptococcal meningitis in AIDS shows some important differences from the features of the illness in non-AIDS patients. Complications such as raised intracranial pressure and visual impairment that are recognised in non-AIDS patients may be less frequent in those with AIDS. Persistent intracrani
Listeria meningitis and HIV infection [letter]: J Infect. 1992 Mar;24(2):217-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235446; France AJ; Maclean VM; Phillip G; Seaton RA
Acid dissociation increases the sensitivity of p24 antigen detection for the evaluation of antiviral therapy and disease progression in asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons.: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):913-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235496; Bollinger RC Jr; Kline RL; Francis HL; Moss MW; Bartlett JG; Quinn TC; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; 21205.; Because the time from primary infection to symptoms in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is typically 8-10 years, the use of surrogate markers to monitor disease progression and therapeutic efficacy is of interest. An acid dissociation procedure that disrupts the p24 antigen-antibody complexes foun
Infection with human T lymphotropic virus types I and II in sexually transmitted disease clinics in Baltimore and New Orleans.: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):920-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235498; Wiktor SZ; Cannon RO; Atkinson WL; Lutz B; Hook EW 3d; Blattner WA; Quinn TC; Viral Epidemiology Section, National Cancer Institute, National; Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.; Patients attending sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in Baltimore (n = 4880) and New Orleans (n = 1054) were surveyed in 1987 to estimate the prevalence of human T lymphotropic virus (HTLV)-I/II infection. In Baltimore, 0.4% (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.2-1.1) were HTLV-I/II-seropositive and 4.9% were hum
A randomized, double-blind study of the efficacy of fleroxacin versus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in men with culture-proven chancroid.: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):949-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235505; Plourde PJ; D'Costa LJ; Agoki E; Ombette J; Ndinya-Achola JO; Slaney LA; Ronald AR; Plummer FA; World Health Organisation Centre for Research and Training on; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Department of Medical; Microbiology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.; Chancroid is linked to the spread of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) in East Africa. Effective, easily administered therapy is a priority for the control of Haemophilus ducreyi. The efficacy of a single oral dose of fleroxacin, 400 mg, was compared to a 3-day oral course of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (T
Cryptococcal meningitis: outcome in patients with AIDS and patients with neoplastic disease.: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):960-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235508; White M; Cirrincione C; Blevins A; Armstrong D; Infectious Disease Services, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer; Center, New York, NY 10021.; A retrospective analysis of 41 patients with cryptococcal meningitis and AIDS or neoplastic disease was done. Patients with AIDS were younger and predominantly male; they had a shorter duration of prior illness, higher initial serum cryptococcal antigen titers, and lower initial cerebrospinal fluid white blood cell co
Haemobartonella-like microorganism infection in AIDS patients: ultrastructural pathology [letter]: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):976-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235515; Duarte MI; Oliveira MS; Shikanai-Yasuda MA; Mariano ON; Takakura CF; Pagliari C; Corbett CE
Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA by polymerase chain reaction in cerebrospinal fluid from AIDS patients with cerebral toxoplasmosis [letter]: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):982-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235519; Lebech M; Lebech AM; Nelsing S; Vuust J; Mathiesen L; Petersen E
Evolutionarily conserved Ets family members display distinct DNA binding specificities [published erratum appears in J Exp Med 1993 Sep 1;178(3):1133]: J Exp Med. 1992 May 1;175(5):1391-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235620; Wang CY; Petryniak B; Ho IC; Thompson CB; Leiden JM; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan.; Members of the Ets family of proto-oncogenes encode sequence-specific transcription factors that bind to a purine-rich motif centered around a conserved GGA trinucleotide. Ets binding sites have been identified in the transcriptional regulatory regions of multiple T cell genes including the T cell receptor alpha and b
Using serial observations to identify predictors of progression to AIDS in the Toronto Sexual Contact Study.: J Clin Epidemiol. 1992 Mar;45(3):245-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235638; Coates RA; Farewell VT; Raboud J; Read SE; Klein M; MacFadden DK; Calzavara LM; Johnson JK; Fanning MM; Shepherd FA; Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics, Faculty of; Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; The Toronto Sexual Contact Study comprises a cohort of 249 male sexual contacts of men with HIV disease which has been followed every 3 months for almost 5 years. On enrollment 143 were seropositive and 16 seroconverted during the follow-up period. By 31 December 1989, 41 of the 159 seropositive cohort members had dev
Hospital users' knowledge about blood transfusion and awareness and attitudes towards AIDS/HIV infection in a region in Ghana [news]: J Trop Pediatr. 1992 Apr;38(2):94-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235940; Addo-Yobo EO; Lovel H
Iodized talc pleurodesis for the treatment of pleural effusions.: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 1992 May;103(5):881-5; discussion 885-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236136; Webb WR; Ozmen V; Moulder PV; Shabahang B; Breaux J; Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New; Orleans, LA 70112.; This prospective study was designed to determine the efficacy of iodized talc pleurodesis in patients with pleural effusions. Thirty-four patients underwent this treatment (three bilaterally) between October 1, 1989, and March 31, 1991. All patients had to have complete or nearly complete lung reexpansion after tube t
[Infection by human immunodeficiency virus and rheumatic diseases (published erratum appears in Med Clin (Barc) 1993 Mar 20;100(11):53)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Mar 21;98(11):427-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236172; Cuesta Andres M; Munoz Fernandez S; Balsa Criado A; Gijon Banos J; Servicio de Reumatologia, Hospital La Paz, Universidad; Autonoma, Madrid.
[Reiter's syndrome and Kaposi's sarcoma in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (letter) (published erratum appears in Med Clin (Barc) 1992 Apr 18;98(15):564)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Mar 21;98(11):436. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236173; Iglesias MP; Romeu J; Sirera G; Olive A
[Virus and autoimmune disease. An excursion exemplified by autoimmune hepatitis (editorial)]: Leber Magen Darm. 1992 Jan;22(1):5-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236296; Storch W; At least since the discovery of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) it has been widely accepted, that viruses infect lymphocytes (mainly especially CD 4 positive helper lymphocytes) and can also be responsible for their deletion. However, since the HIV can only be found
Thalidomide's effectiveness in erythema nodosum leprosum is associated with a decrease in CD4+ cells in the peripheral blood.: Lepr Rev. 1992 Mar;63(1):5-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236304; Shannon EJ; Ejigu M; Haile-Mariam HS; Berhan TY; Tasesse G; Pharmacology Research Department, G.W. Long Hansen's Disease; Center, Carville, La 70721.; Thalidomide is well documented as being an effective drug in the treatment of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL). The mechanism of action of thalidomide in ENL as well as the pathogenesis of ENL are yet to be fully determined. Lepromatous leprosy patients experiencing ENL have been reported to have an increase in the rat
An hypothesis concerning optimal therapy in HIV disease.: Med Hypotheses. 1992 Jan;37(1):1-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236467; Gillespie D; Carter WA; Department of Neoplastic Diseases, Hahnemann University,; Philadelphia, PA 19102.; Ampligen, a mismatched double stranded RNA, is hypothesized to be an ideal base therapy for HIV disease to which other agents, such as the nucleoside analogue, AZT , can be advantageously added. The unique properties of Ampligen which support this hypo
In vitro activation of transcription by the human T-cell leukemia virus type I Tax protein.: Mol Cell Biol. 1992 May;12(5):1986-96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236572; Matthews MA; Markowitz RB; Dynan WS; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado,; Boulder 80309-0215.; The human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) regulatory protein Tax activates transcription of the proviral long terminal repeats and a number of cellular promoters. We have developed an in vitro system to characterize the mechanism by which Tax interacts with the host cell transcription machinery. Tax was purified
Detection of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 provirus in mononuclear cells by in situ polymerase chain reaction [see comments]: N Engl J Med. 1992 May 21;326(21):1385-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236709; Bagasra O; Hauptman SP; Lischner HW; Sachs M; Pomerantz RJ; Infectious Disease Division, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas; Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107.; BACKGROUND. Studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection have attempted to quantitate the viral load correlate it with the degree of immune deficiency. In one study, only about 1 in 10,000 peripheral-blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) expressed HIV-1, but in other studies, at least 1 in 100 CD4-positiv
Case 32-1991: tests for neurosyphilis [letter; comment]: N Engl J Med. 1992 May 21;326(21):1434. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236733; Whitefield SG; Everett AS; Rein MF
A fastidious strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a patient with AIDS [letter]: N Engl J Med. 1992 May 21;326(21):1434-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236734; Jackson KM; Ross BC; Sievers A; Dwyer B
AIDS Awards for nurses.: Nurs RSA. 1992 Jan;7(1):41-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236745
Guidelines for the care of HIV-infected persons in hospitals.: Nurs RSA. 1992 Jan;7(1):43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236746
AIDS therapies. Kemron's secret: it doesn't work [news]: Nature. 1992 Apr 23;356(6371):648. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236749; Anderson C
OSHA releases final standard on HIV, hepatitis B exposure.: Nev Rnformation. 1992 Feb;1(1):15-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236797
Position statement on HIV testing.: Nev Rnformation. 1992 Feb;1(1):21-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236798
A.I.D.S. precautions. Sharing concerns.: Nursing. 1992 Apr;22(4):14, 17. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236921
Patient care. Adjustments in attitude needed [news]: Nursing. 1992 Apr;22(4):22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92236924
Comparative study of the antigenic composition of oocyst isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum from different hosts.: Parasite Immunol. 1992 Mar;14(2):227-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237046; Nina JM; McDonald V; Deer RM; Wright SE; Dyson DA; Chiodini PL; McAdam KP; Department of Clinical Sciences, London School of Hygiene and; Tropical Medicine, UK.; An investigation was made of the antigenic composition of oocyst isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum by immunoblotting using rabbit polyclonal or murine monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) developed against this parasite. Using the polyclonal antibodies in blots, a common antigenic profile was obtained from a number of human
[Gene therapy: facts and prospects]: Pathol Biol (Paris). 1992 Jan;40(1):5-13. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237056; Cohen-Haguenauer O; Boiron M; Departement d'Hematologie, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France.
[Detection of Toxoplasma gondii by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique in AIDS infected patients using the repetitive sequence TGR1E]: Pathol Biol (Paris). 1992 Jan;40(1):52-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237057; Cristina N; Derouin F; Pelloux H; Pierce R; Cesbron-Delauwn MF; Ambroise-Thomas P; Departement de Parasitologie-Mycologie Medicale et; Moleculaire, CNRS URA 1344, Faculte de Medecine, Universite; Joseph Fourier-Grenoble I, La Tronche, France.; A repetitive original DNA sequence, TGR1E, was cloned and sequenced, then used to develop a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test for detecting Toxoplasma gondii. Preliminary studies were performed using purified T. gondii DNA or a lysate of purified T. gondii cells [7], with or without a leukocyte lysate. A negative c
Nurses to be protected against AIDS, hepatitis B under new federal regulations.: N J Nurse. 1992 Mar-Apr;22(2):5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237098
A nursing department's response to risks associated with human immunodeficiency virus.: Nurs Outlook. 1992 Jan-Feb;40(1):42-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237106; Kazanowski MK; Department of Nursing, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, N.H.; Nurses need to be aware of the risks associated with HIV. In particular, they must know the precautions to take to avoid occupational exposure and their legal and ethical obligations in caring for clients with HIV infection. The Nursing Department of Saint Anselm College has integrated content that deals with these an
Decision analysis: treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS.: Pharmacotherapy. 1992;12(2):154-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237150; Jankiewicz AM; Department of Pharmacy, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical; Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612.; Controversy exists as to the most appropriate drug for the initial treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Decision analysis can be used to evaluate the choice between parenteral pentamidine and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Sensitivity and threshold analys
Oesophageal tuberculosis: a review of eleven cases.: Postgrad Med J. 1992 Feb;68(796):110-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237187; Mokoena T; Shama DM; Ngakane H; Bryer JV; Department of General Surgery, University of Natal Medical; School, Durban, Republic of South Africa.; Tuberculous infection of the oesophagus is rare. This is confirmed by our present review of cases managed in our teaching hospitals over a period of 18 years which uncovered only 11 patients. The main presentation is that of dysphagia whose algorithm of investigation should seek to differentiate tuberculosis from carc
Evidence for peptide transport across microsomal membranes.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 May 1;89(9):3908-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237278; Koppelman B; Zimmerman DL; Walter P; Brodsky FM; Department of Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, University of; California, San Francisco 94143-0446.; Antigenic peptides bound to class I molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are recognized by T-cell receptors during development of an antiviral immune response. T cells respond to peptides derived from cytoplasmic viral proteins as well as viral membrane proteins, indicating that a pathway exists for
[Psychiatric diseases in patients with HIV infection]: Psychiatr Prax. 1992 Jan;19(1):1-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237413; Gruner JF; Arzt fur Neurologie und Psychiatrie, Stadtische Kliniken; Offenbach, Offenbach am Main.; In a review of the literature it is shown that most HIV-infected patients experience psychoreactive disorders early in the course of the disease and psycho-organic disorders at its more advanced stages. The latter are due either to the HIV itself or to opportunistic infections and malignancies. Differential diagnoses
[Erroneous admission of HIV patients into a psychiatric hospital]: Psychiatr Prax. 1992 Jan;19(1):13-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237414; Ulmar G; Scheipers K; Wennesz D; Hager H; Psychiatrisches Landeskrankenhaus Wiesloch, Wiesloch.; The case reports of four HIV positive psychiatric inpatients are presented, in the light of which widespread contact fears and avoidance reactions in lower offices of justice, social and health administration become evident. Attention is drawn to possible misuse of psychiatric hospitals for quarantine purpose as long
[Incidence of psychiatric syndromes and the psychosocial functional level of patients with HIV-1 infection]: Psychiatr Prax. 1992 Jan;19(1):7-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237418; Oechsner M; Moller AA; Brommer M; Popescu M; Max-Planck-Institut fur Psychiatrie Klinisches Institut,; Munchen.; There are not yet unselected studies on psychopathological syndromes in the course of HIV-infection in German-speaking countries. In a group of 55 patients in different stages of the infection two psychiatric explorations were done within an interval of about one year. The findings were analysed by the Brief Psychiatr
Immune function and dysfunction. A primer for the radiologist.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):507-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237443; Rubin JT; Lotze MT; Section of Oncologic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical; Center, Pennsylvania.; Freedom from infection is the result of many tiers of immune defenses that harmoniously interact to rid the body of microorganisms and their products, which are perceived as foreign. The ability to distinguish self from nonself is embodied in lymphocytes, which serve both effector and regulatory functions. Through the
Thoracic disease in the immunocompromised patient.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):525-54. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237444; McLoud TC; Naidich DP; Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.; Thoracic disease in the HIV negative immunocompromised host is most frequently caused by infection. Patterns of involvement produced on the chest radiograph include (1) lobar or segmental consolidation, (2) nodules with rapid growth and/or cavitation, and (3) diffuse lung disease. The lung also may be directly involve
Gastrointestinal disease in the immunocompromised host.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):555-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237445; Jones B; Wall SD; Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological; Science, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland.; Gastrointestinal disease in two groups of immunocompromised patients, namely the AIDS patient and the post-bone marrow transplant patient, are discussed. Disease entities include opportunistic infections, Kaposi s sarcoma, lymphoma and other B cell proliferative disorders, cancer following transplantation, typhlitis,
Abdominal imaging in the immunocompromised patient.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):579-96. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237446; Jeffrey RB Jr; Department of Radiology, Stanford Unversity School of Medicine,; California.; Abdominal and gastrointestinal disease may result in clinically important complications in immunocompromised patients. The major types of disease are opportunistic infections and immunodeficiency-associated neoplasms. A multimodality approach is often essential in the diagnosis and staging of these lesions. A combinat
Thoracic and abdominal manifestations of lymphoma occurring in the immunocompromised patient.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):597-610. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237447; Dodd GD 3d; Greenler DP; Confer SR; Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center,; Pennsylvania.; Organ transplant and AIDS patients are at a much higher risk for developing non-Hodgkin s lymphoma than is the general population. This increased risk is directly related to chronic immunosuppression and often is associated with viral infections. In contrast to lymphomas occurring
Neuroradiology of the immunosuppressed state.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):611-37. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237448; Davenport C; Dillon WP; Sze G; Department of Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New; Haven, Connecticut.; In recent years, one of the most common reasons for neuroimaging has become the evaluation of the immunosuppressed patient. In this review the radiographic appearances of the common inflammatory and neoplastic conditions affecting the central nervous system in patients with HIV infection, as well as the AIDS-
Opportunistic infections and tumors in immunocompromised children.: Radiol Clin North Am. 1992 May;30(3):639-58. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237449; Ambrosino MM; Genieser NB; Krasinski K; Greco MA; Borkowsky W; Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New; York.; HIV infection is responsible for a major proportion of the immunodeficiency disease seen in the pediatric population. The radiologic findings are varied and generally non-specific. The development of secondary neoplasms may present new diagnostic and therapeutic challenges as therapy for superimposed infections become
Growth inhibition of HIV-1-infected cells and membrane alterations induced by phosphatidylcholine.: Res Exp Med (Berl). 1992;192(1):65-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237515; Willer AM; Buff K; Kleinschmidt A; Mellert W; Goebel FD; Erfle V; GSF-Abteilung fur Molekulare Zellpathologie,; Neuherberg/Munchen, Federal Republic of Germany.; Cultured T-lymphoma cell lines H9 and KE37-1 permanently infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1, strain HTLV-III B) were exposed to phosphatidylcholine (PC) and a PC-containing formulation Essentiale (PC-E). PC and PC-E, but not triglyceride, were found to inhibit growth of virus-infected cells. Additionall
[The HIV epidemic: the end of special status (see comments)]: Rev Med Suisse Romande. 1992 Mar;112(3):239-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237571; April K; Baerlocher K; Barben J; Flury W; Hauri D; Koch MG; Schreiner W; Truniger B; SIDA-Information Suisse, Zurich.
An informed youth is a safe youth, says the ANA [news]: RN. 1992 Apr;55(4):13. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237622
HIV testing would work on a double standard [news]: RN. 1992 Apr;55(4):16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237623
Participation of tyrosine phosphorylation in the cytopathic effect of human immunodeficiency virus-1.: Science. 1992 Apr 24;256(5056):542-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237696; Cohen DI; Tani Y; Tian H; Boone E; Samelson LE; Lane HC; Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and; Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; 20892.; Protein tyrosine phosphorylation is a common mechanism of signaling in pathways that regulate T cell receptor-mediated cell activation, cell proliferation, and the cell cycle. Because human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is though to affect normal cell signaling, tyrosine phosphorylation may be associated with HIV cytop
Virus-induced autoimmune thrombocytopenia and neutropenia.: Semin Hematol. 1992 Jan;29(1):34-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237734; Kaplan C; Morinet F; Cartron J; Service d'Immunologie Leuco-Plaquettaire, I.N.T.S. Paris, France.
The choice to treat patients with AIDS.: S Afr Med J. 1992 Mar 21;81(6):293-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237768; Coetzee A; van Huyssteen A
Confidentiality and AIDS [letter]: S Afr Med J. 1992 Mar 21;81(6):327. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237779; Geary-Cooke R
Disruption of mitochondrial energetics and DNA synthesis by the anti-AIDS drug dideoxyinosine.: Toxicol Lett. 1992 Apr;60(2):197-202. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237894; Youssef JA; Badr MZ; Division of Pharmacology, University of Missouri-Kansas City; 64108-2792.; The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of the mitochondria as a site for the reported hepatotoxic effects of the anti-AIDS drug dideoxyinosine (ddI). Data show that ddI interfered with the mitochondrial redox state in perfused livers leading to more oxidized mitochondria. This effect was reflected by a sign
Alteration in lymphocyte subpopulations in bovine leukosis virus-infected cattle.: Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1992 Feb 15;31(1-2):35-47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237968; Taylor BC; Stott JL; Thurmond MA; Picanso JP; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Veterinary; Medicine, University of California, Davis 95616.; Alterations in peripheral blood lymphocyte subpopulations were examined in bovine leukosis virus (BLV)-infected cattle using antibodies specific for differentiation antigens in conjunction with analytical flow cytometry. Animals considered to be aleukemic and lymphocytotic were included in the study. Significantly few
Behavioral risk factors and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevalence among intravenous drug users in Puerto Rico.: Am J Epidemiol. 1992 Mar 1;135(5):531-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238471; Robles RR; Colon HM; Sahai H; Matos TD; Marrero CA; Reyes JC; Research Institute, Puerto Rico Department of Anti-Addiction; Services, Rio Piedras.; This study reports on four empirical models likely to contribute to understanding the behaviors linked with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among intravenous drug users. The sample comprises 1,637 intravenous drug users recruited between May 1989 and June 1990 in San Juan, Puert
Re: A method for estimating HIV transmission rates among female sex partners of male intravenous drug users [letter; comment]: Am J Epidemiol. 1992 Mar 1;135(5):589-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238479; Allard R
Re: Human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I) seroprevalence in Jamaica. I. Demographic determinants. II. Geographic and ecologic determinants [letter; comment]: Am J Epidemiol. 1992 Mar 1;135(5):591. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238480; Riedel DA
Lymphoma in AIDS patients receiving long-term antiretroviral therapy.: Am J Hosp Pharm. 1992 Jan;49(1):174-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238531; Chapman MM; Minor JR; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, PA 19104.
Acetylcysteine in HIV infection.: Am J Hosp Pharm. 1992 Jan;49(1):175-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238532; Corso DM; Minor JR; Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021.
Expression and cellular localization of the Nef protein from human immunodeficiency virus-1 in stably transfected B-cells.: Arch Virol. 1992;124(1-2):123-32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238846; Kienzle N; Bachmann M; Muller WE; Muller-Lantzsch N; Abteilung Virologie, Universitat Homburg, Saar, Federal Republic; of Germany.; Nef protein, encoded by the regulatory nef gene of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), was expressed in the B-cell line Raji. The cells were stably transfected with plasmids containing the nef transcriptional cassette. They expressed Nef with an Mr of 27,000; the yield could be augmented by incubation with th
Search for human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) proviral sequences by polymerase chain reaction in the central nervous system tissue of HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.: Arch Virol. 1992;124(1-2):31-43. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92238855; Ohara Y; Iwasaki Y; Izumo S; Kobayashi I; Yoshioka A; Department of Neurological Sciences, Tohoku University School of; Medicine, Sendai, Japan.; Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), proviral DNA sequences of the pol and env regions of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) were directly amplified in paraffin-embedded and frozen tissue sections of active inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) lesions in three autopsy cases of HTLV-I-associated mye
Confidential HIV testing [letter; comment]: N C Med J. 1992 Feb;53(2):65-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212470; Levine RH; Meriwether RA
I disagree... [letter; comment]: Nurs Manage. 1992 Apr;23(4):12, 14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220336; Greenlee JK
Cost implications of alternative treatments for AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis [letter; comment]: J Infect. 1992 Mar;24(2):212-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235442; Denning DW
[Reproductive health survey of young adults in greater Santiago]: Bol Oficina Sanit Panam. 1992 Jan;112(1):19-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92198580; Valenzuela MS; Herold JM; Morris L; Lopez IM; Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina, Division de Ciencias; Medicas Occidente, Santiago.; In 1988 a survey was carried out in order to obtain information on knowledge about reproduction, sexual activity, attitudes, and use of contraceptive methods among residents between 15 and 24 years of age in Greater Santiago. For this purpose, a multistage, self-weighted, non-replacement probability sample was chosen
Clarithromycin minimal inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations against Mycobacterium avium.: Am Rev Respir Dis. 1992 Apr;145(4 Pt 1):856-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206752; Heifets LB; Lindholm-Levy PJ; Comstock RD; National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine,; University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.; Minimal inhibitory and bactericidal concentrations (MIC and MBC) of clarithromycin were determined with 49 Mycobacterium avium strains isolated from patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The inhibitory activity depended on the pH of the medium: the drug was more active at pH 7.4 and less active at pH 5.0,
AIDS nursing: patient care issues in the hospital setting.: Oncology (Huntingt). 1992 Feb;6(2):131-6, 139; dis 139-42, 144. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207746; Walent RJ; AIDS Unit, San Francisco General Hospital.; The types of settings in which the acute care of AIDS patients takes place range from AIDS-designated units to general medical-surgical wards. Though the settings may differ, many of the nursing interventions that these patients require remain relatively consistent. Alterations in respiratory, neurological, gastrointe
Polymerase chain reaction more sensitive for HIV detection [news]: Oncology (Huntingt). 1992 Feb;6(2):29. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92207748
Trimetrexate for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS.: Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Feb;26(2):218-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208410; Amsden GW; Kowalsky SF; Morse GD; Clinical Pharmacokinetics Laboratory, Millard Fillmore Hospital,; Buffalo, NY 14209.; OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this article is to introduce readers to the use of a new agent, trimetrexate (TMTX), in the treatment of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). The article also gives the readers an overview of PCP and discusses some of the controversies surrounding it. Pharmacokinetic data and clini
Induction of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in mice against the principal neutralizing domain of HIV-1 by immunization with an engineered T-cytotoxic-T-helper synthetic peptide construct.: Cell Immunol. 1992 Apr 15;141(1):211-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208965; Lasarte JJ; Sarobe P; Gullon A; Prieto J; Borras-Cuesta F; Departamento de Medicina Interna, Universidad de Navarra,; Facultad de Medicina, Pamplona, Spain.; Peptide constructs were engineered by colinear synthesis of two short synthetic peptide determinants; a determinant recognized by T helper cells (TDh) and a determinant recognized by T cytotoxic cells (TDc). Three types of constructs were synthesized: TDc-TDh, TDh-TDc, and TDh-KK-TDc, where KK are two lysine residues.
Deletion of hydrophobic domains of viral glycoproteins increases the level of their production in Escherichia coli.: Gene. 1992 Mar 15;112(2):157-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209994; Sisk WP; Bradley JD; Kingsley D; Patterson TA; DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Co., Experimental Station,; Wilmington, DE 19880.; Overexpression of glycoprotein-encoding genes in Escherichia coli sometimes results in toxicity to the host and low protein yields. One possible explanation for this phenomenon is the presence of hydrophobic amino acid (aa) domains approx. 15-20 aa in length in the overproduced protein. As an initial test of this hypo
Bilateral optic neuropathies with remission in two HIV-positive men.: J Clin Neuroophthalmol. 1992 Mar;12(1):1-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210779; Newman NJ; Lessell S; Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University School of Medicine,; Atlanta, Georgia.; Two patients seropositive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) developed bilateral optic neuropathies. Evaluations failed to identify an infectious or neoplastic etiology. Both patients improved, one in temporal relation to treatment with azidothymidine (
Rapid response of syphilitic optic neuritis to posterior sub-tenon's steroid injection.: J Clin Neuroophthalmol. 1992 Mar;12(1):6-7; discussion 8-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210791; Tomsak RL; Lystad LD; Katirji MB; Brassel TC; Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospitals of Cleveland,; Ohio.; An HIV-positive man with subacute syphilitic meningitis developed severe bilateral visual loss from optic neuritis. His visual acuity improved remarkably within 24 hours after single posterior sub-Tenon s injections of triamcinolone (Kenalog) were given. Periocular steroid injections should be considered as an adjunct
Impaired response to recombinant hepatitis B vaccine in HIV-infected persons.: J Clin Gastroenterol. 1992 Jan;14(1):27-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211041; Bruguera M; Cremades M; Salinas R; Costa J; Grau M; Sans J; Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain.; We studied the immunogenicity of the standard schedule of recombinant hepatitis B vaccine (20 micrograms per dose at months 0, 1, and 6) in 21 anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive persons. Relatively low titers of anti-HBs developed in only five subjects (23.8%) 1 month after the third dose; all five had T
[Spontaneous pneumothorax complicating cavitary Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia treated with pleural talc in an AIDS infected patient (letter)]: Presse Med. 1992 Feb 15;21(6):267-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212786; Meurice JC; Recart D; Dore P; Breux JP; Patte F
Phenotypical and functional characterization of small intestinal TcR gamma delta + T cells in coeliac disease.: Scand J Immunol. 1992 Apr;35(4):459-68. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213398; Rust C; Kooy Y; Pena S; Mearin ML; Kluin P; Koning F; Department of Immunohematology and Bloodbank, Academic Hospital,; Leiden, The Netherlands.; Increased numbers of TcR gamma delta + T cells are present in the small intestinal epithelium of patients with coeliac disease (CoD). Their function, however, is unknown. In order to facilitate detailed functional studies, intestinal gamma delta T cells have been isolated from small intestinal biopsies of patients wit
Reimbursement for advanced practitioners examined; new laws address disease transmission, employment discrimination, advance directives.: AORN J. 1992 Apr;55(4):1082-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214935; Cruz LD
Acquired protein S deficiency: correlation with advanced disease in HIV-1-infected patients [see comments]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):484-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219092; Bissuel F; Berruyer M; Causse X; Dechavanne M; Trepo C; Unite d'Hepato-gastroenterologie, Hopital de l'Hotel-Dieu,; Lyon, France.; A plasma free protein S deficiency was detected in 41 of 63 patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1). This study consisted in a prospective analysis of blood samples from 26 patients with confirmed diagnosis of AIDS, two with AIDS-related complex, 10 with polyadenopathy, and 25 who were a
Failure of clarithromycin in preventing toxoplasmic encephalitis in AIDS patients [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):530-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219101; Ruf B; Schurmann D; Pohle HD
Maryland residents' attitudes toward AIDS and the use of dental services.: J Public Health Dent. 1992 Winter;52(2):81-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227032; Cohen LA; Grace EG; Ward MA; Department of Oral Health Care Delivery, Baltimore College of; Dental Surgery, University of Maryland Dental School, MD 21201.; This project was conducted to examine the impact of Maryland residents attitudes about AIDS on dental services utilization. A telephone survey of 1,477 households was conducted (response rate 68.9%). Less than 7 percent of the respondents volunteered a concern about contracting AIDS in the dental office. When asked d
The Americans with Disabilities Act: some observations.: Kans Med. 1992 Mar;93(3):66-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92227394; Stratton WT
Expression of heat shock protein-65 by oligodendrocytes in vivo and in vitro: implications for multiple sclerosis.: Neurology. 1992 Apr;42(4):795-800. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228169; Selmaj K; Brosnan CF; Raine CS; Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,; Bronx, NY 10461.; We studied immunoreactivity for heat shock proteins (HSPs) in multiple sclerosis (MS) brain tissue and detected HSP-65 in chronic MS plaques at the edge of thinly myelinated (or remyelinated) areas. Serial-section immunocytochemistry and double staining revealed that HSP-65+ cells represented reactive, immature oligod
Proper response [letter; comment]: N Y State Dent J. 1992 Feb;58(2):11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228320; O'Connor JV
[Thrombotic abacterial endocarditis in human immunodeficiency virus infection (letter)]: Presse Med. 1992 Feb 29;21(8):394. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228719; Cnudde F; Atallah A; Derogis V
[Seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in 346 HIV infected patients in the east of France. Serological follow-up study in patients not infected with Toxoplasma gondii (letter)]: Presse Med. 1992 Feb 29;21(8):394-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228720; Candolfi E; Partisani ML; De Mautort E; Bethencourt S; Frantz M; Kien T; Lang JM
[Lung abscess caused by Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi in HIV infection. Two cases]: Presse Med. 1992 Mar 7;21(9):417-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228724; Pialoux G; Fournier S; Dupont B; Fleury J; Sansonetti P; Goldstein F; Trotot P; Hopital de l'Institut Pasteur, Paris.; Rhodococcus (Corynebacterium) equi is a well-known Gram positive bacillus which is usually pathogenic in farm animals but rarely causes diseases in humans. Only 30 cases of human infection have been reported in the literature. R. equi has recently been added to the list of opportunistic agents in severe HIV infection.
Integration of human immunodeficiency virus DNA: adduct interference analysis of required DNA sites.: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1992 Apr 15;89(8):3458-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92228805; Bushman FD; Craigie R; National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.; The integration (IN) protein encoded by human immunodeficiency virus directs the integration of viral DNA into host DNA. We have probed the DNA sites required for the function of IN protein by attaching adducts to model DNA substrates and assaying their effects on integration in vitro. These experiments reveal that mo
Functional consequences of monocyte/macrophage infection by HIV1.: Res Immunol. 1992 Jan;143(1):49-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229078; Le Naour R; Raoul H; Mabondzo A; Ripoll L; Bartholeyns J; Romet-Lemonne JL; Dormont D; Laboratoire de Neuropathologie experimentale et Neurovirologie,; Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique, CRSSA/DSV/DPTE,; Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.; Monocyte/macrophage infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV1) was studied for its effects on the production of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) and the expression of the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene. For this purpose, human peripheral blood monocytes were obtained from healthy HIV1
Superantigens in human disease.: Sci Am. 1992 Apr;266(4):92-5, 98-101. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229392; Johnson HM; Russell JK; Pontzer CH; University of Florida, Gainesville.
Successful treatment of hypersexuality in AIDS dementia with cyproterone acetate [letter]: S Afr Med J. 1992 Apr 18;81(8):433-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229642; Potocnik F
In vivo hemopoietic activity of thymic extract 'Thymustimulin' in aged healthy humans.: Thymus. 1992 Feb;19(1):59-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92229767; Balleari E; Timitilli S; Musselli C; Ghio R; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Italy.; The in vivo effects of the administration of Thymustimulin (TST), a bovine thymic extract, on the hemopoiesis of healthy elderly subjects were evaluated. Five healthy individuals over 70 years of age were treated with TST for one month. Before and at the end of TST treatment, peripheral blood cell counts were performe
Resident physicians express antipathy toward AIDS patients and concern with dangers [news]: Oncology (Huntingt). 1992 Mar;6(3):26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92232506
Expression of Fc gamma RII and CD4 receptors by normal human megakaryocytes.: Exp Hematol. 1992 May;20(4):512-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92233925; Gewirtz AM; Boghosian-Sell L; Catani L; Ratajczak MZ; Shen YM; Schreiber AD; Department of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania School of; Medicine, Philadelphia 19104.; We studied human megakaryocytes to determine if they both expressed and synthesized Fc gamma and CD4 membrane receptors. The strategy employed relied on demonstration of receptor protein and mRNA in megakaryocytes present in freshly made marrow smears, or in megakaryocytes isolated from aspirated normal bone marrow by
[Perforation of surgical gloves in gynecologic operations and abdominal Cesarean section]: Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd. 1992 Feb;52(2):109-12. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92234195; Konig M; Bruha M; Hirsch HA; Universitats-Frauenklinik Tubingen.; The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of glove perforation during gynaecological operations and Caesarean section, and to assess the value of double gloving. For this purpose the surgical gloves used in 415 procedures were tested for perforations by the water leak test. For laparotomy and breast surgery,
Selective increase of a subset of T cell receptor gamma delta T lymphocytes in the peripheral blood of patients with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection [published erratum appears in J Infect Dis 1992 Oct;166(4):950]: J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):917-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92235497; De Maria A; Ferrazin A; Ferrini S; Ciccone E; Terragna A; Moretta L; Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Genoa, Italy.; Increased proportions of the small lymphoid subset expressing T cell receptor (TCR) gamma delta occur in different infectious diseases, particularly in mycobacterial infections. In this study the two main subsets of TCR gamma delta+ cells in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) of 54 patients with human immunodef
Insurance and compensation in the event of HIV infection [letter]: S Afr Med J. 1992 Mar 21;81(6):330. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92237780; van Gelderen CJ
Sexual behavior, smoking, and HIV-1 infection in Haitian Women [published erratum appears in JAMA 1992 Dec 23-30;268(24):3434] [see comments]: JAMA. 1992 Apr 15;267(15):2062-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203450; Halsey NA; Coberly JS; Holt E; Coreil J; Kissinger P; Moulton LH; Brutus JR; Boulos R; Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University; School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Md.; OBJECTIVE--To determine whether a previously observed association between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and smoking in Haitian women could be explained by confounding high-risk behaviors. DESIGN AND SETTING--A nested case-control study at a primary care health clinic in Cite Soleil, Haiti. PART
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia prophylaxis: past, present and future [editorial; comment] [see comments]: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):227-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215484; Montgomery AB
ASHP therapeutic guidelines for intravenous immune globulin. ASHP Commission on Therapeutics [see comments]: Clin Pharm. 1992 Feb;11(2):117-36. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200817
Clarithromycin and azithromycin: new macrolide antibiotics [published erratum appears in Clin Pharm 1992 Apr;11(4):308] [see comments]: Clin Pharm. 1992 Feb;11(2):137-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92200818; Piscitelli SC; Danziger LH; Rodvold KA; College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois, Chicago 60612.; The chemistry, mechanism of action, antimicrobial spectrum, pharmacokinetics, clinical efficacy, adverse effects, drug interactions, and dosage and administration of clarithromycin and azithromycin are described. Clarithromycin and azithromycin are new macrolide antibiotics that are similar in structure to erythromyci
Early detection of bovine leukemia virus by using an enzyme-linked assay for polymerase chain reaction-amplified proviral DNA in experimentally infected cattle.: J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Mar;30(3):675-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202383; Naif HM; Daniel RC; Cougle WG; Lavin MF; Queensland Cancer Fund Research Unit, Bancroft Centre, Herston,; Brisban, Australia.; Bovine leukemia virus is the causative agent of bovine leukosis and has been described in many countries throughout the world. We describe here a sensitive and readily applicable assay for the detection of bovine leukemia proviral DNA. Detection relies on initial amplification of proviral DNA by using polymerase chain
Double in situ hybridization for detection of Herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus DNA using non-radioactive probes.: J Histochem Cytochem. 1992 Mar;40(3):421-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202673; Gentilomi G; Musiani M; Zerbini M; Gibellini D; Gallinella G; Venturoli S; Institute of Microbiology, University of Bologna, Italy.; We describe a double in situ hybridization assay for the simultaneous detection of Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) DNA in infected cell cultures using non-radioactive-labeled probes. This work used a biot
Mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis C virus detected by nested polymerase chain reaction [see comments]: J Infect Dis. 1992 Apr;165(4):720-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92202736; Novati R; Thiers V; Monforte AD; Maisonneuve P; Principi N; Conti M; Lazzarin A; Brechot C; Hybridotest Laboratory, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France.; Serum samples from eight pregnant women and their offspring were studied by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA to evaluate mother-to-child transmission of this virus. The mothers were all infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); none showed symptoms of HCV infe
The AIDS care dilemma: an exercise in critical thinking.: J Nurs Educ. 1992 Mar;31(3):136-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203023; Lewis JB; Eakes GG; School of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
Fear of persons with HIV infection: teaching strategies for helping students cope.: J Nurs Educ. 1992 Mar;31(3):138-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203024; Purdon JE; University of Cincinnati, Raymond Walters College, Nursing; Department, Cincinnati, OH 45236.
[Acute hepatitis C. A clinical and epidemiological study (see comments)]: Med Clin (Barc). 1992 Feb 1;98(4):125-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92203869; Santiago Ruiz G; San Miguel Joglar G; Herrero Leon AM; de Vega Santos T; Crespo Garcia J; Pons Romero F; Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Marques de; Valdecilla, Santander.; BACKGROUND: The discovery of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) and the possibility of determining anti-HCV serum antibodies has permitted greater etiological, clinical and epidemiological knowledge of non A non B hepatitis (NANB). METHODS: The clinical and epidemiological characteristics of 47 patients with acute hepatitis
Guidelines revised by NNA practice cabinet.: Nebr Nurse. 1992 Feb;25(1):26-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204287; Parker C
Hepatitis C virus in chronic hemodialysis patients with non-A, non-B hepatitis.: Nephron. 1992;60(2):150-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204309; Yoshida CF; Takahashi C; Gaspar AM; Schatzmayr HG; Ruzany F; Department of Virology, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro,; Brazil.; Sixteen of 110 hemodialysis (HD) patients fulfilling criteria of non-A, non B hepatitis (NANBH), i.e. alanine aminotransferase (ALT) greater than 50 U/ml in the absence of both serologic markers for acute HBV and HAV infections and clinical evidence of another cause of hepatitis, were tested for the presence of antibo
CDC drops plan to restrict healthcare professionals with HIV from working [news]: Occup Health Saf. 1992 Jan;61(1):11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204580
Pharmacokinetic evaluation of drug interactions with anti-human immunotrophic virus (HIV) Drugs. III. 2',3'-Dideoxycytidine (ddC) and zidovudine in monkeys.: Pharm Res. 1992 Feb;9(2):224-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92204834; Qian MX; Swagler AR; Mehta M; Vishwanathan CT; Gallo JM; Department of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, University of; Georgia, Athens 30602.; A pharmacokinetic evaluation of a potential drug interaction between zidovudine ( AZT ) and dideoxycytidine ( ddC ) was conducted in monkeys. Each of six animals received 20 mg/kg of AZT
Coverage of the Gallo case [letter]: Science. 1992 Jan 3;255(5040):10-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205302; Crewdson J
A simple and rapid technique to process formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues for the detection of viruses by the polymerase chain reaction.: Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histopathol. 1992;420(3):269-73. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92205947; Kiene P; Milde-Langosch K; Runkel M; Schulz K; Loning T; Department of Pathology, University of Hamburg, Federal Republic; of Germany.; The use of chelating resin in a simple, rapid and efficient pre-treatment protocol to process formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded specimens for the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is described and compared to other pre-treatment techniques. With this modified PCR protocol, a variety of human autopsy and biopsy specimens
Commentary from the APIC Guidelines Committee on the Centers for Disease Control Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, with Special Focus on HIV-related Issues.: Am J Infect Control. 1992 Feb;20(1):27-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206677; Underwood MA; Berg R; Bryant JK; Massanari M; Parris N; Sharbaugh R; Soule B; Terry B; Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, Mundelein, IL; 60060.
[Anal ulcerations caused by cytomegaloviruses in patients with AIDS. Apropos of 6 cases]: Ann Gastroenterol Hepatol (Paris). 1992 Jan-Feb;28(1):49-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92206806; Puy-Montbrun T; Ganansia R; Lemarchand N; Delechenault P; Denis J; Service de Colo-Proctologie, Hopital Leopold Ballan, Paris.
Cytomegalovirus infection in patients with AIDS.: Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Feb;14(2):608-15. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208148; Drew WL; Department of Clinical Microbiology, Biskind Pathology Research; Laboratory, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, California 94115.; Advances in the field of antiviral therapy are now occurring with increasing frequency and rapidity and often generate varying degrees of confusion among those of us whose practices are focused primarily on therapy with antibacterial agents. How to treat cytomegalovirus infections
Nursing care of the adult client with AIDS and cytomegalovirus infection.: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 1992 Jan-Mar;3(1):9-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208217; Ungvarski PJ; Cytomegalovirus ( CMV ) is a pathogen causing major disease in an HIV-infected individual. This AIDS-related opportunistic infection results in severe morbidity from chorioretinitis, pneumonitis, encephalitis, adrenalitis, esophagitis, cholangitis, and hepatitis.
Psychiatric disturbances associated with ganciclovir therapy.: Ann Pharmacother. 1992 Feb;26(2):193-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208401; Chen JL; Brocavich JM; Lin AY; Long Island University, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of; Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Brooklyn, NY.; OBJECTIVE: To report a case of possible ganciclovir-induced psychiatric disturbances. CASE SUMMARY: A patient with AIDS who had no known psychiatric history and mild renal dysfunction experienced exacerbation of cytomegalovirus retinitis and was treated with ganciclovir 5 mg/kg iv
Prevalence of bloodborne infective agents among people admitted to a Canadian hospital [see comments]: Can Med Assoc J. 1992 Apr 15;146(8):1331-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208822; Louie M; Low DE; Feinman SV; McLaughlin B; Simor AE; Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON.; OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence rates of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus (anti-HIV) and the hepatitis C virus (anti-HCV) among people admitted to an urban Canadian hospital. DESIGN: Anonymous unlinked serosurvey. SETTING: A 420-bed teaching hospital in Toro
HIV-1 infectivity of human carcinoma cell lines lacking CD4 receptors.: Cancer Lett. 1992 Mar 31;63(1):23-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92208877; Brichacek B; Derderian C; Chermann JC; Hirsch I; INSERM U322, Unite de Recherches sur les Retrovirus et Maladies; Associees, Marseille, France.; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) prototype, HIV1 LAV, and a Zairian virus HIV1 NDK, an isolate highly cytopathic for CD4+ lymphocytes, were used to infect eleven different CD4 negative non-lymphoid human cell lines. Eight of the lines were derived from carcinomas wherein human papillomavirus was thought to
Postoperative respiratory failure secondary to Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.: Chest. 1992 Apr;101(4):1155-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92209270; Klepper MS; Guntupalli KK; Interiano B; Dowell M; Greenberg SB; Department of Internal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,; Houston.; Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) occurs frequently in individuals infected with the HIV virus. Malignancy, immunosuppressive drugs, and congenital immune deficiency may be associated with PCP. We describe a patient with stage 1 testicular carcinoma who developed hypoxemic respiratory failure two days after retrope
Quartromicin, a complex of novel antiviral antibiotics. I. Production, isolation, physico-chemical properties and antiviral activity.: J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1992 Feb;45(2):180-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92210416; Tsunakawa M; Tenmyo O; Tomita K; Naruse N; Kotake C; Miyaki T; Konishi M; Oki T; Bristol-Myers Squibb Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan.; A strain of Amycolatopsis orientalis No. Q427-8 (ATCC 53884) was found to produce a complex of new antiviral antibiotics, quartromicin which consisted of at least six components A1, A2, A3, D1, D2 and D3. Structural studies suggested that they are a novel type of molecules unrelated to any known antibiotics. Each comp
Cytomegalovirus-associated perianal ulcerations in AIDS.: J Clin Gastroenterol. 1992 Mar;14(2):105-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211062; Kamel PL; Division of Gastroenterology, Northwestern University Medical; School, Chicago, Illinois 60611.; We report two patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome and cytomegalovirus associated perianal ulcerations. Both complained of chronic, painful, nonhealing ulcers that required surgical intervention for diagnosis and palliation. One patient developed diffuse cytomegalo
Summary of actions AMA House of Delegates interim meeting.: J Ky Med Assoc. 1992 Mar;90(3):125-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211220; Barton DC
Effective modulation of the haematopoietic toxicity associated with zidovudine exposure to murine and human haematopoietic progenitor stem cells in vitro with lithium chloride.: J Intern Med. 1992 Mar;231(3):219-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211278; Gallicchio VS; Hughes NK; Department of Medicine, Lucille P. Markey Cancer Center,; University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington.; The drug zidovudine ( AZT ), a synthetic thymidine analogue, has been used in the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). Clinical use of zidovudine has induced haematopoietic toxicity manifested by anaemia, neutropenia, frequent thrombo
Immunocytochemical detection of herpes viruses in oral smears of HIV-infected patients.: J Oral Pathol Med. 1992 Feb;21(2):49-57. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92211571; Langford A; Kunze R; Schmelzer S; Wolf H; Pohle HD; Reichart P; Abteilung fur zahnarztliche Chirurgiel Oralchirurgie-Nord,; Freie Universitat, Berlin.; Cytologic smears (CS) were taken from the lateral border of the tongue of HIV-seropositive patients (HIV+) (n = 39) and of seronegative controls (HIV-) (n = 19) and examined by immunocytochemistry (APAAP) and in situ hybridization (ISH) (biotinylated DNA probes) for the presence of viral antigens/DNA of EBV and
IgG antibodies to human herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) in Italian people.: Microbiologica. 1992 Jan;15(1):57-63. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212177; Cermelli C; Moroni A; Pietrosemoli P; Pecorari M; Portolani M; Institute of Hygiene, University of Modena, Italy.; Sera from a sample of healthy Italian people were tested in an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for reactivity to a Human Herpesvirus-6 (HHV-6) strain called CV, isolated from a baby with exanthem subitum (Portolani et al., 1990). Seropositivity values of 83.78%, 92.68% and 63.64% were found in subjects aged 3
Hepatitis C infection in a pediatric dialysis population.: Pediatrics. 1992 Apr;89(4 Pt 2):707-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92212662; Jonas MM; Zilleruelo GE; LaRue SI; Abitbol C; Strauss J; Lu Y; University of Miami School of Medicine, FL.; A variable prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) infection has been reported in adult patients on hemodialysis. We have studied HCV infection and associated risk factors in a pediatric dialysis unit. Sera from all 27 patients undergoing either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis in our unit were tested for antibody to HCV b
[American health authorities recommend voluntary HIV-testing for health personnel who perform invasive procedures (news)]: Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 1992 Mar 24;81(13):420-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213322
Agenda on AIDS.: Tex Med. 1992 Jan;88(1):32. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213656
Feline immunodeficiency virus and tests for HIV [letter]: Vet Rec. 1992 Feb 1;130(5):107. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213908; Taylor FM
Detection of feline immunodeficiency proviral DNA in peripheral blood lymphocytes by the polymerase chain reaction.: Vet Microbiol. 1992 Feb;30(2-3):113-23. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213932; Hohdatsu T; Yamada M; Okada M; Fukasawa M; Watanabe K; Ogasawara T; Takagi M; Aizawa C; Hayami M; Koyama H; Department of Veterinary Infectious Diseases, School of; Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Kitasato University,; Towada, Japan.; Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) proviral DNA was detected by the polymerase chain reaction method (PCR). PCR products were detected by gel electrophoresis and ethidium bromide staining. The P-10, P-15 and P-24 regions of the gag gene of FIV were chosen as the target sequences for amplification, and three primer pa
Infection of rabbits with bovine immunodeficiency-like virus.: Vet Microbiol. 1992 Feb;30(2-3):125-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213933; Van Der Maaten MJ; Whetstone CA; Virology Cattle Research Unit, National Animal Disease Center,; USDA, Ames, IA 50010.; New Zealand white rabbits, which had been prepared for inoculation by intraperitoneal treatment with thioglycollate, were inoculated intraperitoneally with bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV). Infected materials from various sources were used including cultured cells and c
Infectivity of bovine leukaemia virus infected cattle: an ELISA for detecting antigens expressed in in vitro cultured lymphocytes.: Vet Microbiol. 1992 Feb;30(2-3):137-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92213934; Cowley JA; Molloy JB; Dimmock CK; Walker PJ; Bruyeres AG; Ward WH; CSIRO Division of Tropical Animal Production, Indooroopilly,; Qld., Australia.; A simple ELISA is described for quantifying expression of bovine leukaemia virus (BLV) antigens in short-term cultures of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) isolated from infected cattle. The PBL-ELISA demonstrated that antigen expression levels in infected cattle could vary by more than 50-fold. Inoculation of sheep
Trial of three drugs for HIV-infected patients [news]: Am Fam Physician. 1992 Apr;45(4):1923. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214423
Maintenance itraconazole for visceral leishmaniasis in HIV infection [letter]: Am J Med. 1992 Apr;92(4):449. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214485; Lafeuillade A; Chaffanjon P; Delbeke E; Quilichini R
Repair of retinal detachment caused by cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome [letter; comment]: Am J Ophthalmol. 1992 Apr 15;113(4):468-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92214529; Davis J; Chuang E
Itraconazole compared with amphotericin B plus flucytosine in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):185-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215476; de Gans J; Portegies P; Tiessens G; Eeftinck Schattenkerk JK; van Boxtel CJ; van Ketel RJ; Stam J; Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The; Netherlands.; OBJECTIVE: We conducted a comparison of itraconazole versus amphotericin B plus flucytosine in the initial treatment of cryptococcal meningitis in patients with AIDS and established the efficacy of itraconazole as maintenance treatment. DESIGN: The trial was a prospective, randomized, and non-blinded study. SETTING: T
Statistics from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control.: AIDS. 1992 Feb;6(2):243-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215495
CDC issues draft patient testing guidelines [news]: J ET Nurs. 1992 Mar-Apr;19(2):34A. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215869
Further characterization of a feline T-lymphoblastoid cell line (MYA-1 cells) highly sensitive for feline immunodeficiency virus.: J Vet Med Sci. 1992 Feb;54(1):173-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215903; Miyazawa T; Toyosaki T; Tomonaga K; Norimine J; Ohno K; Hasegawa A; Kai C; Mikami T; Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture,; University of Tokyo, Japan.
Comparison of the viral promoter activities in feline cell lines (CRFK and fcwf-4 cells).: J Vet Med Sci. 1992 Feb;54(1):189-91. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215908; Norimine J; Miyazawa T; Kawaguchi Y; Niikura M; Kai C; Mikami T; Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture,; University of Tokyo, Japan.
[Acute abdomen secondary to cytomegalovirus infection]: An Med Interna. 1992 Jan;9(1):33-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92215980; Fernandez Sola A; Valles Callol JA; Capdevila Morell JA; Ribera Pascuet E; Raventos Estelle A; Martinez Vazquez JM; Servicio de Medicina Interna-Patologia Infecciosa, Ciudad; Universitaria Vall d'Hebron, Universidad Autonoma, Barcelona.; A case of a HIV-positive patient hospitalized with acute abdomen secondary to infection by cytomegalovirus ( CMV ), is presented. Infection by CMV is frequent in HIV-positive patients, with a relevant intestinal affection. Howe
Detection of feline immunodeficiency virus by a nested polymerase chain reaction.: J Virol Methods. 1992 Mar;36(3):239-48. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218593; Rimstad E; Ueland K; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Norwegian College of; Veterinary Medicine, Oslo.; A specific and sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR) procedure for the detection of feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) was developed. PBMC from both blood samples and cultures were digested by proteinase K in a lysis buffer, and after heat inactivation of the proteinas
Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in inflammation: a cause and a cure.: J Clin Immunol. 1992 Mar;12(2):61-74. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92218603; Wahl SM; Cellular Immunology Section, National Institute of Dental; Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland; 20892.; As we continue to explore the biology of TGF-beta in the network of cells and mediators contributing to host defense, the mechanisms controlling whether the pro- or antiinflammatory effects of this peptide prevail will be unraveled. Understanding these basic mechanisms may offer new approaches for identifying agonists
HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection in children in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1992;5(5):513-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219096; Gayle HD; Gnaore E; Adjorlolo G; Ekpini E; Coulibaly R; Porter A; Braun MM; Zabban ML; Andou J; Timite A; et al; Division of HIV/AIDS, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta,; Georgia 30333.; We conducted a study of 1,003 well and hospitalized children, birth to 5 years old, in Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire , to determine the prevalence of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection, evaluate risk factors for infection, and describe associated clinical characteristics. The overall seropreva
Bovine immunodeficiency-like virus encodes factors which trans activate the long terminal repeat.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):2647-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219346; Pallansch LA; Lackman-Smith CS; Gonda MA; Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Structure, National Cancer; Institute-Frederick, Cancer Research and Development Center,; Maryland 21702-1201.; Lentiviruses are known to encode factors which trans activate expression from the viral long terminal repeat (LTR); the primary trans activator is the tat gene product. One of the putative accessory genes (tat) of the bovine immunodeficiency-like virus (BIV) bears sequence similarity to other lentivirus tat genes. Thi
Spleen necrosis virus, an avian immunosuppressive retrovirus, shares a receptor with the type D simian retroviruses.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3026-31. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE GENBANK/M87666; Kewalramani VN; Panganiban AT; Emerman M; Program in Molecular Medicine, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research; Center, Seattle, Washington 98104.; The reticuloendotheliosis viruses (REV) are a family of highly related retroviruses isolated from gallinaceous birds. On the basis of sequence comparison and overall genome organization, these viruses are more similar to the mammalian type C retroviruses than to the avian sarcoma/leukemia viruses. The envelope of a me
Transactivation of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat-directed gene expression by the human foamy virus bel1 protein requires a specific DNA sequence.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3236-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219422; Lee AH; Lee KJ; Kim S; Sung YC; Department of Life Science, Pohang Institute of Science and; Technology, Republic of Korea.; Human foamy virus (HFV) encodes the transcriptional transactivator bel1. The bel1 protein transactivates HFV long terminal repeat (LTR)-directed gene expression by recognizing a region in U3. It also transactivates human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) LTR-directed gene expression in transient transfection assay
Transmembrane protein oligomers of caprine arthritis-encephalitis lentivirus are immunodominant in goats with progressive arthritis.: J Virol. 1992 May;66(5):3247-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92219424; McGuire TC; Knowles DP Jr; Davis WC; Brassfield AL; Stem TA; Cheevers WP; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of; Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman; 99164-7040.; To dissect mechanisms of caprine arthritis-encephalitis lentivirus-induced arthritis, an undefined immunodominant viral glycoprotein, gp90 (G. C. Johnson, A. F. Barbet, P. Klevjer-Anderson, and T. C. McGuire, Infect. Immun. 41:657-665, 1983), was characterized. Monoclonal antibody to gp90 and specific antiserum to env
Perception of different frequencies of cranial transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in normal and HIV-positive individuals.: Percept Mot Skills. 1992 Feb;74(1):259-64. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92220524; Taylor DN; Wallace JG; Masdeu JC; City University of New York, NY.; Sine-wave transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) of varying frequencies applied across the cranium (ear to ear) has been demonstrated to evoke three different noncutaneous sensations in three discrete, nonoverlapping frequency bands in normal, healthy subjects. This report describes two studies which evalu
Human immunodeficiency virus, human papillomavirus, and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in Nairobi prostitutes.: Sex Transm Dis. 1992 Jan-Feb;19(1):54-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92221327; Kreiss JK; Kiviat NB; Plummer FA; Roberts PL; Waiyaki P; Ngugi E; Holmes KK; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle.; To evaluate the impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) on human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), a study was conducted of 147 HIV-seropositive and 51 HIV-seronegative prostitutes in Nairobi, Kenya . Among the women infected with HIV, 10 (7%) ha
Virus-associated RNAs (VA-I and VA-II). An efficient target for the detection of adenovirus infections by in situ hybridization.: Am J Pathol. 1992 Apr;140(4):991-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222060; Wu TC; Kanayama MD; Hruban RH; Au WC; Askin FB; Hutchins GM; Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions,; Baltimore, Maryland.; The identification of adenovirus in tissue can be difficult. In situ hybridization for adenovirus nucleic acids may aid in the demonstration of adenovirus infections. To develop a probe against adenovirus, a 978 bp fragment of DNA containing the VA-I, VA-II, and a portion of the L-1 regions of the adenovirus type 2 ge
Human spumavirus antibodies in sera from African patients.: Arch Virol. 1992;123(3-4):243-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222360; Mahnke C; Kashaiya P; Rossler J; Bannert H; Levin A; Blattner WA; Dietrich M; Luande J; Lochelt M; Friedman-Kien AE; et al; Projektgruppe Humane Retroviren, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Federal; Republic of Germany.; Serum samples collected from patients with a wide variety of diseases from African and other countries were tested for antibodies to the human spumaretrovirus (HSRV). A spumaviral env-specific ELISA was employed as screening test. Out of 3020 human sera screened, 106 were found to be positive (3.2%). While the majorit
Inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 multiplication by an avian cellular factor.: Arch Virol. 1992;123(3-4):309-21. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222365; Semmel M; Alileche A; Coulaud D; Aguilar J; Krief P; Jasmin C; INSERM Unite 268, Hopital Paul-Brousse, Villejuif, France.; A factor secreted from avian cells infected non productively with a non cytopathogenic mutant of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV ts 1026) interferes with HIV replication in CEM cells and peripheral blood monocytes (PBL). Production of infectious particles is decreased and many virions lack cores and/or spikes. In CEM
Diethyldithiocarbamate (ditiocarb sodium) effect on arachidonic acid metabolism in human mononuclear cells. Glutathione peroxidase-like activity.: Biochem Pharmacol. 1992 Mar 17;43(6):1319-29. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/92222466; Hosni M; Meskini N; Prigent AF; Anker G; Joulain C; el Habib R; Lagarde M; INSERM u