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[Il:libro italiano dell'AIDS.] 1. ed.: Milano ; New York : McGraw-Hill libri Italia, c1994 vi, 345 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9512614; Dianzani F
[AIDS : nuova frontiera : declino della metafora e del dogma : fatti e idee per una strategia terapeutica innovativa.]: Roma : Lombardo editore, c1995 xvi, 208 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9516087; Passi S
[Em tempos de AIDS : sexo seguro, prevencao, drogas, adolescentes, mulheres, apoio psicologico, aos portadores : viva a vida.]: Sao Paulo : Summus, c1992 214 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9414831; Paiva V
[Hemofilia, VIH y SIDA : alternativas en tu vida.] 1. ed.: Vitoria-Gasteiz : Servicio Central de Publicaciones del Gobierno Vasco, 1991 84 p. : ill (Documentos de bienestar social ; 42) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9409133; Cooper J
[HIV-Pravention in der Schweiz : Ziele, Strategien, Massnahmen.] 1. Aufl.: Liebefeld : Bundesamt fur Gesundheitswesen, Abt. Gesundheitsforderung, Sektion Aids, 1993 xiv, 290 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9516447
Report of the Technical Advisory Meeting of Implications of the Newly Identified HIV-1 Subtype O Viruses for HIV Diagnosis : Geneva, 9-10 June 1994.: Identified HIV-1 Subtype O Viruses for HIV Diagnosis Geneva : World Health Organization, [1995?] 23 p. : ill Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9600581
[Systeme de classement de la documentation des infections a HIV-SIDA.]: Bruxelles : UCL-RESO, Centre de documentation, [1989] 1 v. (various pagings) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9407693; Bertrand-Baschwitz MA
[SIDA : crisis o reto transformador?.] 2. ed.: Rio Piedras, P.R. : Editorial Cultural, 1990 198 p. : ill., ports Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9409235; Mock-Montes G
[SIDA, les secrets d'une polemique : recherche, interets financiers et medias.] 1. ed.: Paris : Presses universitaires de France, c1993 viii, 279 p (Science, histoire et societe) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9434845; Seytre B
The:AIDS mirage.: Sydney, NSW : University of New South Wales Press, 1994 62 p. : port (Frontlines ; 4) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9517546; Caton H
[AIDS : igyto imunodeficito sindromas.]: Vilnius : Mokslas, 1991 127 p. : ill (Gydytojui praktikui) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9403585; Devaitene I
Legal and ethical aspects of HIV-related research.: New York : Plenum Press, c1995 xiv, 218 p. : ill (Language of science) Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9516469; Loue S
Social research on HIV/AIDS in New Zealand : a bibliography, 1984-1993.: Auckland : Health Research Council of New Zealand, 1994 73 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9517084; Glaisyer N; Chetwynd J; Plumridge E
Strong shadows : scenes from an inner city AIDS clinic.: [New York, N.Y. : W.H. Freeman], c1995 xvi, 243 p Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE CAT/9516467; Zuger A
Thalidomide: rationale for renewed use in immunological disorders.: Drug Saf. 1995 Jun;12(6):364-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134441; Schuler U; Ehninger G; Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany.; Despite its inherent teratogenic risk, thalidomide has over the years proven to be of clinical use in a small number of mainly immunological diseases (e.g. erythema nodosum leprosum, Behcet s syndrome and rheumatoid arthritis). The mode of action of thalidomide is still poorly understood. Recent research has shown a d
Peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets in patients with stomach cancer.: J Korean Med Sci. 1995 Jun;10(3):164-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96089674; Hong WS; Min YI; Son YS; Hong SI; Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University; of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.; The present study was conducted in order to investigate the immunologic alterations alongside the numerical changes in peripheral blood lymphocytes(PBL) and their subsets in stomach cancer patients. Lymphocyte surface markers were determined in 85 stomach cancer patients and 49 controls by indirect immunofluorescence
The sensitivity of HIV-1 DNA polymerase chain reaction in the neonatal period and the relative contributions of intra-uterine and intra-partum transmission.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):F7-11. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085711; Dunn DT; Brandt CD; Krivine A; Cassol SA; Roques P; Borkowsky W; De Rossi A; Denamur E; Ehrnst A; Loveday C; et al; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatics, Institute of Child; Health, London, UK.; OBJECTIVE: To derive reliable estimates of the sensitivity of HIV-1 DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in the neonatal period and to quantify the relative contributions of intra-uterine and intra-partum transmission. METHODS: After reviewing studies on the early diagnosis of HIV-1 infection, investigators were asked
Abundant expression of HIV Nef and Rev proteins in brain astrocytes in vivo is associated with dementia.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1001-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085714; Ranki A; Nyberg M; Ovod V; Haltia M; Elovaara I; Raininko R; Haapasalo H; Krohn K; Department of Dermatology and Venereal Diseases, University of; Helsinki, Finland.; OBJECTIVE: To relate the expression of HIV regulatory proteins and HIV-specific mRNA in the brain cells of infected individuals with clinical neurological disease. DESIGN: Formalin-fixed postmortem brain tissue from 14 HIV-infected adult patients, with previous repeated neurological and neuroradiological examinations,
Comparative assessment of small intestinal and colonic permeability in HIV-infected homosexual men.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1009-16. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085715; Obinna FC; Cook G; Beale T; Dave S; Cunningham D; Fleming SC; Claydon E; Harris JW; Kapembwa MS; Booth Research Laboratory, St Mary's Hospital Medical School,; Harrow, UK.; OBJECTIVES: To investigate both small and large intestinal permeability in HIV-positive subjects, and correlate variation in intestinal mucosal abnormality with immunological and nutritional markers of HIV disease. METHODS: Small and large intestinal permeability studies were performed in 14 HIV-seropositive patients
Generation of diversity in the hierarchy of T-cell epitope responses following different routes of immunization with simian immunodeficiency virus protein.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1017-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085716; Brookes R; Bergmeier LA; Mitchell E; Walker J; Tao L; Klavinskis L; Meyers NJ; Layton G; Adams SE; Lehner T; Department of Immunology, United Medical School, Guy's & St; Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.; OBJECTIVES: To examine whether the route of immunization determines the hierarchy of T-cell epitope proliferative responses in macaques. DESIGN: Macaques were immunized with a recombinant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) p27 core protein by the intramuscular, male and female genital or rectal route, each of which w
Zidovudine plus interferon-alpha versus zidovudine alone in HIV-infected symptomatic or asymptomatic persons with CD4+ cell counts > 150 x 10(6)/L: results of the Zidon trial. Zidon Study Group.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1025-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085717; Fernandez-Cruz E; Lang JM; Frissen J; Furner V; Chateauvert M; Boucher CA; Dowd P; Stevens J; Department of Immunology, General Hospital Gregorio Maranon,; Madrid, Spain.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of zidovudine (ZDV) and lymphoblastoid interferon (IFN)-alpha combination therapy compared with ZDV monotherapy in HIV-infected subjects with CD4+ cell counts between 150 and 500 x 10(6)/l. DESIGN: Open, randomized control
Steroids do not enhance the risk of developing tuberculosis or other AIDS-related diseases in HIV-infected patients treated for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1037-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085718; Martos A; Podzamczer D; Martinez-Lacasa J; Rufi G; Santin M; Gudiol F; Infectious Disease Service, Ciutat Sanitaria de Bellvitge,; University of Barcelona, Spain.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risk of developing tuberculosis or other AIDS-related diseases (ARD) in HIV-infected patients treated with corticosteroids as adjunctive therapy for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP). DESIGN: Retrospective study. SETTING: Infectious Disease Service of a 1000-bed university teaching hospit
Early central nervous system response to HIV infection: sleep distortion and cognitive-motor decrements.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1043-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085719; White JL; Darko DF; Brown SJ; Miller JC; Hayduk R; Kelly T; Mitler MM; Department of Neuropharmacology, Scripps Research Institute, La; Jolla, California, USA.; OBJECTIVE: To repeat and extend findings suggesting that sleep disturbance, excessive daytime sleepiness, and degraded cognitive-motor abilities may be early markers of central nervous system (CNS) involvement in HIV infection. DESIGN: A controlled, cross-sectional, prospective analysis. SETTING: Clinical research cen
Micronutrients and HIV-1 disease progression.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1051-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085720; Baum MK; Shor-Posner G; Lu Y; Rosner B; Sauberlich HE; Fletcher MA; Szapocznik J; Eisdorfer C; Buring JE; Hennekens CH; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami; School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.; OBJECTIVE: To determine whether nutritional status affects immunological markers of HIV-1 disease progression. DESIGN: A longitudinal study, to evaluate the relationship between plasma levels of nutrients and CD4 cell counts, along and in combination with beta 2-microglobulin (beta 2M; AIDS index) over an 18-month fol
HIV-1 and immunological changes during pregnancy: a comparison between HIV-1-seropositive and HIV-1-seronegative women in Nairobi, Kenya.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1057-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085721; Temmerman M; Nagelkerke N; Bwayo J; Chomba EN; Ndinya-Achola J; Piot P; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Ghent,; Belgium.; OBJECTIVE: To assess changes in the proportion of CD4 and CD8 T-lymphocyte profiles during pregnancy, at delivery and postpartum, and to determine whether HIV-1 infection affects the normal profile. DESIGN AND METHODS: A total of 416 pregnant HIV-1-infected women and an age and parity-matched HIV-seronegative group of
Declining prevalence of HIV-1 infection in young Thai men.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1061-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085722; Mason CJ; Markowitz LE; Kitsiripornchai S; Jugsudee A; Sirisopana N; Torugsa K; Carr JK; Michael RA; Nitayaphan S; McNeil JG; Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok,; Thailand.; OBJECTIVE: To evaluate trends in HIV-1 seroprevalence in Thailand . DESIGN: HIV-1 serosurvey of successive cohorts of young Thai men entering service with the Royal Thai Army (RTA) between November 1989 and November 1994. METHODS: In November 1989, the RTA Medical Department began
Declining risk for HIV among injecting drug users in Kathmandu, Nepal: the impact of a harm-reduction programme.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1067-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085723; Peak A; Rana S; Maharjan SH; Jolley D; Crofts N; Lifesaving and Lifegiving Society, Kathmandu, Nepal.; OBJECTIVE: To measure changes in self-reported risk behaviour for HIV infections and HIV seroprevalence among injecting drug user (IDU) clients of an outreach harm-reduction programme in Kathmandu, Nepal . METHODS: The Lifesaving and
HIV, sexually transmitted diseases and gynaecologic disorders in women: increased risk for genital herpes and warts among HIV-infected prostitutes in Amsterdam.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1071-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085724; Fennema JS; van Ameijden EJ; Coutinho RA; van den Hoek AA; Department of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health; Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD; gonorrhoea, early syphilis, Chlamydia trachomatis infection, trichomoniasis and primary genital herpes ) and gynaecologic disorders (vaginal candidiasis, anaerobic vaginosis, genital ulcerations of unkn
Willingness to participate in AIDS vaccine trials among high-risk populations in northern Thailand.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1079-83. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085725; Celentano DD; Beyrer C; Natpratan C; Eiumtrakul S; Sussman L; Renzullo PO; Khamboonruang C; Nelson KE; School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University,; Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.; OBJECTIVES: To determine the anticipated participation in a prophylactic AIDS vaccine trial and to identify perceived benefits and barriers to enrollment of HIV-seronegative volunteers at risk of HIV infection in northern Thailand . DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey. METHODS: Subje
Lower prevalence and incidence of HIV-1 syncytium-inducing phenotype among injecting drug users compared with homosexual men.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1085-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085726; Spijkerman IJ; Koot M; Prins M; Keet IP; van den Hoek AJ; Miedema F; Coutinho RA; Department of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health; Service, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.; OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence, incidence and predictive value for progression to AIDS of the HIV-1 syncytium-inducing (SI) phenotype in HIV-infected injecting drug users (IDU) compared with HIV-infected homosexual men. DESIGN: Two prospective cohort studies on HIV-1 infection among IDU and homosexual men. METHODS
Bacterial vaginosis and HIV seroprevalence among female commercial sex workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1093-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085727; Cohen CR; Duerr A; Pruithithada N; Rugpao S; Hillier S; Garcia P; Nelson K; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University,; Chicago, Illinois, USA.; OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between HIV seropositivity and bacterial vaginosis (BV) in a population at high risk for sexual acquisition of HIV. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 144 female commercial sex workers in Chiang Mai, Thailand . METHODS: T
Increased cerebrospinal fluid levels of soluble receptors for tumour necrosis factor in HIV-infected patients with neurological diseases [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1099-100. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085728; Vullo V; Mastroianni CM; Lichtner M; Mengoni F; Delia S
Cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and homovanillic acid in AIDS dementia complex [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1100-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085729; Candito M; Durant J; Gurle V; Chambon P; Dellamonica P
Diffuse infiltrative CD8 lymphocytosis syndrome with predominant neurologic manifestations in two HIV-infected patients responding to zidovudine [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1101-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085730; Bachmeyer C; Dhote R; Blanche P; Tulliez M; Sicard D; Christoforov B
Detection of HIV-1 in surgical specimens from vitreous of AIDS patients [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1103-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085731; Flynn TE; Reppucci VS; McKinley G; Potash MJ; Volsky DJ
HIV saliva test for surveillance and surveys [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1104-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085732; Wongba C; Pagcharoenpol P; Eskes N; Frerichs RR; Silarug N
Syringe cleaning techniques and transmission of HIV [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1105-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085733; Druce JD; Locarnini SA; Birch CJ
Effects of megestrol acetate therapy on body composition and circulating testosterone concentrations in patients with AIDS [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1107-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085734; Engelson ES; Pi-Sunyer FX; Kotler DP
The importance of patients' own view about their quality of life [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1108-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085735; Leplege A; Rude N
Changing prevalence of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis D virus infection among injecting drug users in Hong Kong indicating a change in high-risk behaviour [letter]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):1110-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085736; Lim WL; Lo JY; Lee SH
Genetic therapies for HIV infections: promise for the future [editorial]: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):985-93. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085712; Pomerantz RJ; Trono D
Nuclear translocation of an exogenous fusion protein containing HIV Tat requires unfolding.: AIDS. 1995 Sep;9(9):995-1000. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96085713; Bonifaci N; Sitia R; Rubartelli A; Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, National Institute of Cancer; Research, Genoa, Italy.; OBJECTIVE: To characterize the transcellular transport of HIV-1 Tat. HIV-1 Tat contains a putative localization signal and no leader peptide; however, it can be released from virus-infected cells and taken up by uninfected cells. DESIGN AND METHODS: We constructed a chimeric protein between Tat and dihydrofolate reduc
[Controversial developments in AIDS[news]]: Boll Chim Farm. 1995 Oct;134(9):534. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96058843; Vecchia C
Sensitive procedure for the amplification of HIV-1 RNA using a combined reverse-transcription and amplification reaction.: Biotechniques. 1995 Aug;19(2):178-80, 182. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134510; Nijhuis M; Boucher CA; Schuurman R; University of Amsterdam, Academic Medical Center, The; Netherlands.
Acute lung disease in the immunocompromised host: differential diagnosis at high-resolution CT.: Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1995 Oct;16(5):353-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96118023; Worthy S; Kang EY; Muller NL; Department of Radiology, University of British Columbia,; Vancouver, Canada.; The aim of this manuscript is to review the CT findings of pulmonary complications seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in non-AIDS immunocompromised patients. The most common pulmonary complications in patients with AIDS include infection, Kaposi s sarcoma, and AIDS-related lymphoma. The most common
Bronchiectasis: CT/clinical correlations.: Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 1995 Oct;16(5):395-419. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96118027; McGuinness G; Naidich DP; Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New; York 10016, USA.; The association between bronchiectasis and human immunodeficiency virus infection, the resurgence of tuberculosis, especially in urban and immunocompromised patients, and the recognition of bronchiectasis as a manifestation of rejection in the transplant population are emerging clinical settings in which establishing
Looking after health: the Basque health care reform.: J Public Health Med. 1995 Sep;17(3):254-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96116355; Ortega-Benito JM; Department of Public Health, Lincolnshire Health Authorities,; Cross O'Cliff.
Erythropoietin.: Annu Rev Nutr. 1995;15:353-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96138948; Fried W; Section of Hematology, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical; Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.; Erythropoietin (Epo), the first growth factor to be discovered, is an endocrine hormone produced by specialized renal cells. The rate of Epo production is determined primarily by the oxygen demands of these renal cells relative to their oxygen supply. However, Epo production is modulated by various hormones, nutrition
Quality of life and the spectrum of HIV infection.: Annu Rev Nurs Res. 1995;13:3-29. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96113260; Holzemer WL; Wilson HS; School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
Science, medicine and clinical pharmacology. The Lilly Lecture 1994.: Br J Clin Pharmacol. 1995 Jul;40(1):1-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96136583; Breckenridge A; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of; Liverpool, UK.
Specific decrease of Th1-like activity in mice with plasma cell tumors.: Int Immunol. 1995 Jul;7(7):1029-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134426; Ruzek MC; Mathur A; Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; 55455, USA.; Previously we examined the ability of the host s immune responses to regulate Ig production in an IgE-secreting murine plasma cell tumor (B53). In the present study we have examined the reverse phenomenon, in that we have investigated the effects of this and other plasma cell tumors on the immune responses of their ho
Activation and re-activation potential of T cells responding to staphylococcal enterotoxin B.: Int Immunol. 1995 Jul;7(7):1065-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134430; Hamel ME; Eynon EE; Savelkoul HF; van Oudenaren A; Kruisbeek AM; Division of Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute,; Amsterdam.; To elucidate the parameters that lead to superantigen induced non-responsiveness, an in vitro model for studying primary and secondary responses to the bacterial superantigen staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB) was established. Upon re-activation with SEB, in vitro SEB primed T cells show an early proliferative respons
Systemic administration of rIL-12 induces complete tumor regression and protective immunity: response is correlated with a striking reversal of suppressed IFN-gamma production by anti-tumor T cells.: Int Immunol. 1995 Jul;7(7):1135-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134437; Zou JP; Yamamoto N; Fujii T; Takenaka H; Kobayashi M; Herrmann SH; Wolf SF; Fujiwara H; Hamaoka T; Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University Medical School,; Japan.; Unfractionated spleen cells taken from tumor-bearing mice 2 weeks after tumor implantation contained tumor-primed T cells which produced cytokines including IL-2 and IFN-gamma when cultured in vitro. With progressive tumor growth this initial lymphokine-producing capac
Nosocomial tuberculosis: new progress in control and prevention.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):489-505. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077363; McGowan JE Jr; Department of Pathology, Emory University School of; Medicine/Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia 30335, USA.; Nosocomial cases of tuberculosis have affected both health care workers and hospitalized patients, and each group has transmitted the infection to the other. This situation has been exacerbated by increases in the number of patients concurrently infected with human immunodeficiency virus and organisms resistant to mul
Aspergillus sinusitis in patients with AIDS: report of three cases and review.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):529-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077368; Teh W; Matti BS; Marisiddaiah H; Minamoto GY; Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Infectious; Diseases, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New; York 10025, USA.; Invasive aspergillosis is an uncommon but increasingly reported complication of AIDS. Sinusitis, usually bacterial in etiology, is frequently seen among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. We discuss the cases of three patients with AIDS and invasive aspergillus sinusitis seen at our institutions and
Congenital Chagas' disease: diagnostic and clinical aspects.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):551-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077372; Freilij H; Altcheh J; Parasitology Laboratory, Ricardo Gutierrez Children's Hospital,; Buenos Aires, Argentina.; The diagnostic and clinical aspects of congenital Chagas disease were studied in 71 children in Buenos Aires. The children s ages ranged from 2 days to 10 years. In infants
Transmission of zidovudine-resistant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 variants following deliberate injection of blood from a patient with AIDS: characteristics and natural history of the virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):556-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077373; Veenstra J; Schuurman R; Cornelissen M; van't Wout AB; Boucher CA; Schuitemaker H; Goudsmit J; Coutinho RA; Department of Public Health and Environment, Municipal Health; Service, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.; We describe the development and persistence of severe immunodeficiency in a previously healthy young woman shortly after she was deliberately injected with blood that was drawn from a patient with AIDS. The heterogenous populations of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in donor and recipient were as closely related as
Transmission of fluconazole-resistant Candida albicans between patients with AIDS and oropharyngeal candidiasis documented by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):561-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077374; Barchiesi F; Hollis RJ; Del Poeta M; McGough DA; Scalise G; Rinaldi MG; Pfaller MA; Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science; Center, San Antonio 78284-7750, USA.; Electrophoretic karyotype and restriction endonuclease analysis of genomic DNA were used for the typing of nine isolates of Candida albicans from the oral cavities of two patients with AIDS--a husband and wife--whose infections became resistant to treatment with fluconazole (400 mg/d). The in vitro susceptibilities of
Adverse events associated with high-dose rifabutin in macrolide-containing regimens for the treatment of Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):594-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077379; Griffith DE; Brown BA; Girard WM; Wallace RJ Jr; Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Center, Tyler; 75710, USA.; We initiated a multidrug trial that included high-dose rifabutin for the treatment of pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease. Twenty-six patients received rifabutin (600 mg/d) in combination with ethambutol, streptomycin, and either clarithromycin (500 mg b.i.d.; 15 patients) or azithromycin (600 mg/d; 11
Clinical presentation of minimally invasive and in situ squamous cell carcinoma of the anus in homosexual men.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):603-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077381; Forti RL; Medwell SJ; Aboulafia DM; Surawicz CM; Spach DH; Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center,; Seattle, USA.; From January 1988 to December 1993, we identified six men with minimally invasive (stage I) squamous cell carcinoma of the anus and 10 men with anal carcinoma in situ (CIS). Of the six patients with invasive carcinoma, four were infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including one with AIDS. Of the 10 patie
Pulmonary cryptococcosis: localized and disseminated infections in 27 patients with AIDS.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):628-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077385; Meyohas MC; Roux P; Bollens D; Chouaid C; Rozenbaum W; Meynard JL; Poirot JL; Frottier J; Mayaud C; Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital; Saint-Antoine, Paris, France.; We reviewed the records of 85 patients infected with both human immunodeficiency virus and Cryptococcus neoformans. Twenty-seven patients (32%) had pulmonary cryptococcosis. C. neoformans was cultured from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) or pleural fluid in 25 cases; the remaining two patients had cryptococcal antigen (C
Emergence of multidrug resistance in Campylobacter jejuni isolates from three patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):634-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077386; Tee W; Mijch A; Wright E; Yung A; Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Fairfield; Hospital, Victoria, Australia.; Single-drug resistance to tetracycline, doxycycline, erythromycin, or fluoroquinolones in Campylobacter isolates recovered from humans has been documented worldwide. Multidrug resistance to these antibiotics is rare in Campylobacter jejuni. We report the sequential development of multidrug resistance in C. jejuni isol
Adverse cutaneous reactions to pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine/clindamycin in patients with AIDS and toxoplasmic encephalitis.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):656-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077391; Caumes E; Bocquet H; Guermonprez G; Rogeaux O; Bricaire F; Katlama C; Gentilini M; Departement des Maladies Infectieuses, Parasitaires, Tropicales,; et Sante Publique, Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere, Paris, France.; We assessed the value of clinical and laboratory parameters for predicting the occurrence of skin reactions induced by pyrimethamine/sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine/clindamycin and the effects of continued therapy for patients with these reactions. We retrospectively studied all episodes of toxoplasmic encephalitis in
Atypical leishmaniasis in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):663-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077393; Mondain-Miton V; Toussaint-Gari M; Hofman P; Marty P; Carles M; De Salvador F; Miton F; Le Fichoux Y; Dellamonica P; Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hopital de; l'Archet, Nice, France.; Visceral leishmaniasis is an anthropozoonosis endemic in the south of France . Its occurrence among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), in whom it presents with uncommon clinical, biological, and evolutionary signs, is being reported more and more often. We de
Rethinking CD4+ T cell counts for individuals who recently seroconverted to human immunodeficiency virus.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):666-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077394; Weiss PJ; Wallace MR; Department of Internal Medicine, Naval Medical Center, San Diego,; California, USA.; The distribution of initial CD4+ T lymphocyte counts for individuals who have recently seroconverted to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is broad. We review major articles describing CD4 cell counts shortly after documented HIV infection and discuss both the possible sources of variability in these studies and the c
Prolonged isolated fever due to attenuated extracerebral toxoplasmosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus who are receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole as prophylaxis.: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):680-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077399; Zylberberg H; Robert F; Le Gal FA; Dupouy-Camet J; Zylberberg L; Viard JP; Service d'Immunologie Clinique, Hopital Necker, Paris, France.; We report two cases of prolonged fever in deeply immunocompromised patients with AIDS who had been receiving trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) as primary prophylaxis for several months. Investigations of the cause of fever yielded normal or negative findings except that the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for To
Cholera in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):689-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077402; Dahdouh MA; Ismail A; Berger JJ
Pneumonia and respiratory distress syndrome during primary infection with Toxoplasma gondii [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):690-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077403; Renold C; wintsch J; Filthuth I; Wunderli W; Lew D; Hirschel B
Pneumococcal soft-tissue infections [letter; comment]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):697-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077408; Cuenca-Estrella M; Ramos JM; Esteban J; Soriano F
Elevated cytokine levels in a patient with AIDS and hypercalcemia: effects of therapy with pamidronate [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):699. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077410; Carbone LD; Land MA; Stentz FB; Palmieri GM
Visceral leishmaniasis due to a Leishmania variant that shares kinetoplast DNA sequences with Leishmania braziliensis and Leishmania mexicana in a patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus: identification of the Leishmania species with use of the polymerase chain reaction [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):701-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077412; Hernandez DE; Rodriguez N; Wessolossky M; Convit J
Reversible CD4+ T lymphocyte depletion in a patient who had disseminated histoplasmosis and who was not infected with human immunodeficiency virus [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):702-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077413; Rhew DC; Goetz MB; Louie MH
Update on the status of Lyme borreliosis in British Columbia, Canada [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):704. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077414; Banerjee S
Bacteremic group A streptococcal pharyngitis presenting as acute airway obstruction [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):704-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077415; Gradon JD; Adamson C
Pancreatic necrosis following treatment of leishmaniasis with sodium stibogluconate [letter; comment]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):710. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077420; McBride MO; Linney M; Davidson RN; Weber JN
Efficacy of intermittent liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):711-2. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077421; Laguna F; Torre-Cisneros J; Moreno V; Villanueva JL; Valencia E
Legionnaires' disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus [letter; comment]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):712-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077422; Gutierrez Rodero F; Ortiz de la Tabla V; Martinez C; Masia MM; Chiner E; Calpe JL
Intrathecal synthesis of antibodies to human herpesvirus 6 early antigen in patients with meningitis/encephalitis [letter]: Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Sep;21(3):715-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077425; Patnaik M; Peter JB
Large-scale production of HIV-1 protease from Escherichia coli using selective extraction and membrane fractionation.: Protein Expr Purif. 1995 Aug;6(4):512-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96136639; Gustafson ME; Junger KD; Foy BA; Baez JA; Bishop BF; Rangwala SH; Michener ML; Leimgruber RM; Houseman KA; Mueller RA; et al; G.D. Searle and Co., Chesterfield, Missouri 63198, USA.; Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) protease was expressed in Escherichia coli as a fusion protein with the N-terminal sequence of IGF-2. The protein accumulated in inclusion bodies as a 40:60 mixture of unprocessed fusion protein and processed protein. A simple purification procedure was developed that yielde
Immunology of human helminth infection.: Int Arch Allergy Immunol. 1996 Jan;109(1):3-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127913; Allen JE; Maizels RM; Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of; Edinburgh, UK.; Parasitic helminths cause enormous morbidity among humans especially in developing countries. These large extracellular organisms have complex life cycles frequently involving an arthropod vector. Helminth parasites can be tissue dwelling or intestinal but all induce a dramatic expansion of the Th2 lymphocyte subset.
Clinical experience with fludarabine and its immunosuppressive effects in pretreated chronic lymphocytic leukemias and low-grade lymphomas.: Leuk Lymphoma. 1995 Aug;18(5-6):485-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96116890; Fenchel K; Bergmann L; Wijermans P; Engert A; Pralle H; Mitrou PS; Diehl V; Hoelzer D; Medical Clinic III, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/M.,; Federal Republic of Germany.; Fludarabine monophosphate (FAMP) is a new adenine nucleoside analogue with a promising efficacy in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B-CLL) and low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHLs). Here, the clinical experience and side effects with FAMP are reported in 77 patients with pretreated CLL (59 B-CLL, 2 T-CLL) and low
Immunoblastic transformation of a Sezary syndrome in a black Caribbean patient without evidence of HTLV-I.: Leuk Lymphoma. 1995 Aug;18(5-6):521-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96116896; Matutes E; Schulz T; Dyer M; Ellis J; Hedges M; Catovsky D; Academic Department of Haematology and Cytogenetics, Royal; Marsden Hospital, London, U.K.; We describe an unusual case of Sezary syndrome which transformed into a large T-cell non Hodgkin s lymphoma (immunoblastic) in a black man of Caribbean descent with negative HTLV-I serology and no evidence of HTLV-I infection by DNA analysis using sensitive techniques. The disease presented as a small-cell Sezary synd
A preference-based free-energy parameterization of enzyme-inhibitor binding. Applications to HIV-1-protease inhibitor design.: Protein Sci. 1995 Sep;4(9):1881-903. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96100655; Wallqvist A; Jernigan RL; Covell DG; Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, National Cancer; Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.; The interface between protein receptor-ligand complexes has been studied with respect to their binary interatomic interactions. Crystal structure data have been used to catalogue surfaces buried by atoms from each member of a bound complex and determine a statistical preference for pairs of amino-acid atoms. A simple
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 integrase stabilizes a linearized HIV-1 LTR plasmid in vivo.: Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1995 Jul;36(4):745-58. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96057063; Faust EA; Acel A; Udashkin B; Wainberg MA; Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, SMBD-Jewish General; Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.; A mammalian expression vector designed for production of HIV-1 integrase was found to enhance the stability of a linear reporter plasmid in COS-7 cells. The effect is strictly dependent on coexpression of the HIV-1 rev gene and on the inclusion of U3 and U5 portions of the HIV-1 LTR in the reporter plasmid. Integrase
Customer service. Insights from playing patient.: Hosp Health Netw. 1995 Nov 20;69(22):50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96135893; Turner S
Public health. AIDS invades rural Maine.: Hosp Health Netw. 1995 Dec 5;69(23):60, 62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96132238; MacPherson P
AIDS and HIV-1 infection worldwide.: Commun Dis Rep CDR Wkly. 1995 Nov 17;5(46):253-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96107932
Human herpesvirus 6 as a potential copathogen.: Trends Microbiol. 1995 Aug;3(8):324-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96021568; Ablashi DV; Bernbaum J; DiPaolo JA; Advanced Biotechnologies, Inc., Columbia, MD 21046, USA.; The molecular, biological and immunological studies of the recently identified human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) suggest that the virus is involved in the etiology of at least three lymphoproliferative diseases. Furthermore, HHV-6 may be an important cofactor in the pathogenesis of several other diseases, including HIV-asso
SIV infection of monkey spleen cells including follicular dendritic cells in different stages of disease.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):1-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130041; Stahmer I; Ordonez C; Popovic M; Mesquita R; Ekman M; Albert J; Putkonen P; Bottiger D; Biberfeld G; Biberfeld P; Immunopathology Laboratory, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm,; Sweden.; Immunoaffinity enriched spleen follicular dendritic cells (FDCs), lymphocytes, and macrophages from SIVsm-inoculated cynomolgus monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) at different stages of disease were compared for latent and productive SIV infection. Analysis of FDCs by in situ hybridization, electron microscopy, and cocultu
Characterization of an antigen shared by human thymic epithelium and human T cell leukemia virus p19 Gag protein.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):10-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130042; Palker TJ; Singer KH; Vahlne A; Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham,; North Carolina, USA.; The molecular basis for cross-reactive antibody binding to human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) p19 core protein and human thymic epithelium has been defined with two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs), 12/1-2 and 13B12, raised to HTLV-I p19. The mAb 12/1-2 has previously been shown to react with HTLV-I p19, HTLV-II
Low HTLV-I/II seroprevalence in pregnant women in Congo and a geographic cluster of an HTLV-like indeterminate western blot pattern [letter]: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):105-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130054; Tuppin P; Makuwa M; Guerma T; Bazabana MM; Loukaka JC; Jeannel D; M'Pele P; de The G
Recombinant human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase is heterogeneous.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):20-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130043; Wilson JE; Wright LL; Martin JL; Haire SE; Ray PH; Painter GR; Furman PA; Division of Biochemistry, Burroughs Wellcome Co., Research; Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.; Recombinant wild type (wt) and T215Y HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) were isolated using three methods designated A, B, and C. The three samples of wt RT were kinetically indistinguishable with respect to dTTP turnover on poly(rA).p(dT)10. However, whereas the kinetic constants for dTTP and AZTTP for both T215Y B and
Human antibody variable region gene usage in HIV-1 infection.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):31-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130044; Wisnewski A; Cavacini L; Posner M; Department of Medicine, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston; 02215, USA.; Human antibody variable region gene usage during human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection is examined in the following review, and several hypotheses are presented to account for the distinct patterns of antibody gene expression associated with infection. Evidence supporting qualitatively biased antibody
Epidemiology of AIDS dementia complex in Europe. AIDS in Europe Study Group.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):39-44. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130045; Chiesi A; Vella S; Dally LG; Pedersen C; Danner S; Johnson AM; Schwander S; Goebel FD; Glauser M; Antunes F; et al; Instituto Superiore di Sanita, Laboratory of Virology, Rome,; Italy.; The aim of the study was to describe the epidemiology of AIDS dementia complex (ADC) in Europe and to assess the possible role of zidovudine therapy in preventing or delaying its occurrence. We used an inception cohort, with data collected retrospectively from patients clinical re
Zidovudine side effects as reported by black, Hispanic, and white/non-Hispanic patients with early HIV disease: combined analysis of two multicenter placebo-controlled trials.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):45-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130046; Jacobson MA; Gundacker H; Hughes M; Fischl M; Volberding P; Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco,; USA.; The objective of this study was to determine whether HIV patients subjective tolerance of zidovudine differs by racial or ethnic grouping by conducting a post hoc analysis of reported symptoms in two multicenter, placebo-controlled trials of zidovudine monotherapy for early HIV disease. Ratios of rates of developing
Mycobacterial infection in Mexican AIDS patients.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):53-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130047; Molina-Gamboa JD; Ponce-de-Leon S; Sifuentes-Osornio J; Bobadilla del Valle M; Ruiz-Palacios GM; Department of Infectious Diseases, National Institute of; Nutrition, Mexico City, Mexico.; To describe the characteristics of mycobacterial infection in Mexico, we reviewed records from patients who were seen at the AIDS Clinic of the National Institute of Nutrition in Mexico City from 1983 to 1992. Of 460 AIDS patients, 118 (25.6%) were found to have mycobacterial infections by positive Ziehl-Neelsen stain
In vivo role of IL-6 on the viral load and on immunological abnormalities of HIV-infected patients.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):59-68. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130048; Marfaing-Koka A; Aubin JT; Grangeot-Keros L; Portier A; Benattar C; Merrien D; Agut H; Aucouturier P; Autran B; Wijdenes J; et al; INSERM U131, Institut Paris-Sud sur les Cytokines, Clamart,; France.; In vitro experiments have suggested that interleukin (IL)-6 may contribute to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) burden and to immunological abnormalities in HIV-infected patients. We had the opportunity to directly address this question in vivo through the virological and immunological monitoring of HIV-infected pati
Back-projection and sensitivity analysis of the HIV-AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):69-76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130049; Newton EA; Farley JD; Gayle C; Special Program on Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Caribbean; Epidemiology Centre (CAREC/PAHO/WHO), Port of Spain, Trinidad,; West Indies.; In this study we estimated past human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) incidence in 19 nations in the primarily English-speaking Caribbean and projected the course of the epidemic to the year 1999. We compared the results obtained from several different models of HIV incidence and different assumed incubation distribution
Survival of AIDS patients in the emerging epidemic in Bangkok, Thailand.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):77-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130050; Kitayaporn D; Tansuphaswadikul S; Lohsomboon P; Pannachet K; Kaewkungwal J; Limpakarnjanarat K; Mastro TD; HIV/AIDS Collaboration, Nonthaburi, Thailand.; Survival from the time of AIDS diagnosis to death was determined retrospectively among Thai patients (> or = 13 years old) who attended a public tertiary care infectious disease hospital in a suburb of Bangkok, Thailand , from February 1987 through February 1993. An AIDS diagnosis
Epidemiology of AIDS among Hispanics in Chicago.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):83-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130051; Murphy J; Mueller G; Whitman S; AIDS Surveillance and Epidemiology Programs, Chicago Department; of Public Health, Illinois 60604-3972, USA.; The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiology of AIDS among Hispanics in Chicago. These data are needed to tailor prevention and treatment programs across diverse Hispanic ethnic subgroups. To pursue Hispanic origin for the 1,289 Hispanic persons diagnosed with AIDS in Chicago, death certificates for thos
Mode of delivery and gestational age influence perinatal HIV-1 transmission. Italian Register for HIV Infection in Children.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):88-94. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130052; Tovo PA; de Martino M; Gabiano C; Galli L; Cappello N; Ruga E; Tulisso S; Vierucci A; Loy A; Zuccotti GV; et al; Department of Pediatrics, University of Turin, Italy.; Some data suggest that cesarean section reduces mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. To assess the influence of mode of delivery and other maternal and infant factors on the rate of transmission, we analyzed the data of 1,624 children prospectively followed from birth. Of these, at the last visit 1,033 were > 18 months
Expression of CD69 after in vitro stimulation: a rapid method for quantitating impaired lymphocyte responses in HIV-infected individuals.: J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 1995 Jan 1;11(1):95-104. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96130053; Krowka JF; Cuevas B; Maron DC; Steimer KS; Ascher MS; Sheppard HW; California Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704, USA.; A flow cytometric assay based on expression of the activation antigen CD69 was developed to analyze immunological responses of T cells from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected (HIV+) or HIV-seronegative (HIV-) donors after in vitro simulation by antigens and polyclonal activators. The levels of CD69 on freshly
Physiologic and molecular aspects of the Na+/H+ exchangers in health and disease processes.: J Investig Med. 1995 Oct;43(5):419-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102464; Soleimani M; Singh G; Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine,; USA.
Lotteries set up for two experimental AIDS drugs [news]: Am J Health Syst Pharm. 1995 Sep 1;52(17):1848. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96039045
Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma with liposomal doxorubicin.: Am J Health Syst Pharm. 1995 Sep 15;52(18):2001-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96083884; Bergin C; O'Leary A; McCreary C; Sabra K; Mulcahy F; Department of Genitourinary Medicine, St. James's Hospital,; Dublin, Ireland.; The efficacy of liposomal doxorubicin for treating Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was studied. Eight men with HIV infection and KS were to be given liposomal doxorubicin 20 mg/sq m i.v. monthly for six months and 10 mg/sq m i.v. monthly thereafter, depending on the r
Plasma concentration of cytokine antagonists in patients with HIV infection.: Neuroimmunomodulation. 1994 Jan;1(1):42-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96053011; Catania A; Manfredi MG; Airaghi L; Vivirito MC; Capetti A; Milazzo F; Lipton JM; Zanussi C; First Medical Clinic, University of Milan, Italy.; There is increasing evidence that cytokines contribute to the immunopathogenesis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. It may be, therefore, that compensatory rises in circulating cytokine antagonists also occur in HIV infection and that such changes mark disease progression. To test this idea, plasma conce
Nuclear localization signal of HIV-1 as a novel target for therapeutic intervention.: Mol Med. 1995 Jan;1(2):217-30. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96091345; Dubrovsky L; Ulrich P; Nuovo GJ; Manogue KR; Cerami A; Bukrinsky M; Picower Institute for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York; 11030, USA.; BACKGROUND: Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a lentivirus and shares with other members of this retroviral subfamily the ability to replicate in nondividing cells, in particular, cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage. This feature relies on the presence of a specific nuclear localization signal (NLS)
HIV accessory proteins: emerging therapeutic targets.: Mol Med. 1995 Jul;1(5):479-85. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96091372; Miller RH; Sarver N; Targeted Interventions Branch, National Institute of Allergy and; Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; 20892-7620, USA.
Oligoclonality in the human CD8+ T cell repertoire in normal subjects and monozygotic twins: implications for studies of infectious and autoimmune diseases.: Mol Med. 1995 Sep;1(6):614-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96091385; Monteiro J; Hingorani R; Choi IH; Silver J; Pergolizzi R; Gregersen PK; Department of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital/Cornell; University Medical Center, Manhasset, New York, USA.; BACKGROUND: We have previously demonstrated CD8+ T cell clonal dominance using a PCR assay for the CDR3 length of T cell receptors belonging to a limited number of TCRBV segments/families. In this study, we have modified this approach in order to analyze more comprehensively the frequency of oligoclonality in the CD8+
Interleukin 1 induces HIV-1 expression in chronically infected U1 cells: blockade by interleukin 1 receptor antagonist and tumor necrosis factor binding protein type 1.: Mol Med. 1995 Sep;1(6):667-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96091390; Granowitz EV; Saget BM; Wang MZ; Dinarello CA; Skolnik PR; Department of Medicine, New England Medical Center Hospitals,; Boston, MA 02111, USA.; BACKGROUND: Cytokines and cytokine antagonists modulate human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication in vitro and may be involved in HIV disease pathogenesis. An understanding of these cytokine networks may suggest novel treatment strategies for HIV-seropositive persons. MATERIALS AND METHODS: U1 cells, a chronicall
AIDS networking in Canada, US [news]: Can Med Assoc J. 1995 Dec 15;153(12):1772. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96124860
Variability in leukocyte subset measurements among five laboratories in Vancouver.: Clin Invest Med. 1995 Oct;18(5):349-56. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96120807; Mandigo K; Raboud JM; Haley L; Montaner JS; Canadian HIV Trials Network, Department of Health Care and; Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British; Columbia, Vancouver.; Cell counts and percentages of CD4 are widely used in the prognostic and clinical management of HIV-infected patients, and as surrogate outcomes in clinical trials involving HIV-infected individuals. Considerable variability in CD4 counts has been documented due to physiologic and methodologic factors. While studies o
Challenging consults: application of principles of physiology and biochemistry to the bedside. Osmotic diuresis: the importance of counting the number of osmoles excreted.: Clin Invest Med. 1995 Oct;18(5):401-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96120813; Levin A; Klassen J; Halperin ML; Renal Division, St. Paul's Hospital, University of British; Columbia, Vancouver.; Polyuria is usually the result of a water diuresis or an osmotic diuresis. Traditionally, the assessment of the extracellular fluid (ECF) volume and the concentration of Na+ in plasma is sufficient to differentiate between the two. We present a case and our approach, which is based on calculations and quantitation of
Immunohistochemical studies on melanin associated antigen (MAA) induced experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis (EAAU).: Curr Eye Res. 1995 Aug;14(8):703-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96002868; Kim MC; Kabeer NH; Tandhasetti MT; Kaplan HJ; Bora NS; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Washington; University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA.; Experimental autoimmune anterior uveitis (EAAU), a model of uveitis induced by sensitization to melanin associated antigen (MAA) derived from the iris and ciliary body, closely resembles human acute anterior uveitis. The immunopathogenesis of EAAU was studied by immunohistochemical detection of immune cells and the ex
A novel function of islet-derived CD8+T cells in initiating and developing autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice.: Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 1995 Jun;28(3):161-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96105588; Amano K; Yokono K; Hasegawa Y; Taki T; Tominaga Y; Yoneda R; Nagata M; Kasuga M; Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University School of; Medicine, Japan.; Accumulated studies revealed that CD4+T cells were initially required for diabetes in NOD mice, whereas interaction of CD4+T/CD8+T cells is not fully understood. To address this question, we established islet-derived CD4+T cells and CD8+T cells from NOD mice. One NOD neonate that received CD4+T cells developed diabete
Validity of intravenous drug abusers' self-reported changes in HIV high-risk drug use behaviors.: Drug Alcohol Depend. 1995 Aug;39(2):91-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96098401; Greenfield L; Bigelow GE; Brooner RK; Behavioral Pharmacology Research Unit, Johns Hopkins University; School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.; The HIV-1 high-risk drug use behavior of intravenous drug abusers was assessed both retrospectively (for 6 months) and prospectively (for 6 months) via structured interview and urinalysis testing. Subjects were 281 intravenous drug abusers, 146 enrolled in outpatient methadone treatment (Treatment group) and 135 not i
Passive HIV-hyperimmunoglobulin therapy in paediatric AIDS [letter]: Eur J Pediatr. 1995 Oct;154(10):865. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96105650; Kreuz W; Gungor T; Beeg T; Linde R; Mentzer D; Kornhuber B
Preventive and therapeutic AIDS peptide vaccines.: Eur J Pediatr. 1995;154(9 Suppl 4):S28-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96064067; Rubinstein A; Cryz S; Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Division of Pediatric; Allergy and Immunology, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Mycobacterium genavense invasive infection in two children with AIDS: long-term followup.: Eur J Pediatr. 1995;154(9 Suppl 4):S74-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96064076; Reymond D; Birrer P; Schaad UB; Department of Paediatrics, University Hospital, Inselspital,; Berne, Switzerland.; Mycobacterium genavense is a rare cause of opportunistic infection in immunocompromised hosts. Follow up of two cases of M. genavense invasive infection in children with haemophilia A and AIDS are presented. One patient died 18 months after diagnosis of M. genavense infection of an indirectly related cause, probably o
Acute cardiotoxicity of the Anti-HIV dideoxynucleoside, F-ddA, in the rat.: Fundam Appl Toxicol. 1995 Sep;27(2):167-76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96077634; Donzanti BA; Kelley JA; Tomaszewski JE; Roth JS; Tosca P; Placke M; Singer A; Yarrington JT; Driscoll JS; Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio 43201, USA.; 2 -beta-Fluoro-2 ,3 -dideoxyadenosine (F-ddA), an acid-stable, purine dideoxynucleoside with in vitro anti-HIV activity, has been selected by the NCI as a clinical trial candidate. A recent report that high, single doses of F-ddA produce cardiotoxicity in rats prompted the present investigation whose objective was to
TNF-alpha- and IFN-gamma-mediated signal transduction pathways: effects on glial cell gene expression and function.: FASEB J. 1995 Dec;9(15):1577-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96118455; Benveniste EN; Benos DJ; Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; 35294-0005, USA.; Cytokines are a group of secreted proteins that display diverse biological activity. They are especially important in the body s response to injury. They subserve a variety of both autocrine and paracrine functions by activating numerous intracellular second-messenger signaling pathways. Cytokines are known to mediate
Low birth weight and genital infections. An incident case-referent study.: Gynecol Obstet Invest. 1995;40(3):183-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96121445; Bique Osman N; Folgosa E; Gonzalez C; Bergstrom S; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Central Hospital,; Maputo, Mozambique.; In an attempt to elucidate the potential association between genital infections and low birth weight (LBW) births, 51 women with LBW neonates were identified and compared to 51 women with normal birthweight (NBW) neonates. Both groups were matched according to age and parity. All women were subjected to interviews reg
[Vaccines against AIDS finally in sight? Vaccination campaigns in China and Uganda in preliminary stages (news)]: Fortschr Med. 1995 Nov 10;113(31):20, 22. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96092189; Wolf HJ
Insights for improving patient care [letter; comment]: Image J Nurs Sch. 1995 Winter;27(4):257. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96107987; Deines R; Mount C; Peppard LS; Skinner NL
[Viruses and cancer: molecular pathologic mechanisms of viral carcinogenesis]: Immun Infekt. 1995 Oct;23(5):179-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96091789; Butz K; Hoppe-Seyler F; Forschungsschwerpunkt Angewandte Tumorvirologie, Abteilung; Virus-Wirtszell-Wechselwirkungen, Deutsches; Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelber.; At least 15% of the human cancer incidence is caused by an infection with human tumor viruses. The recent progress of experimental cancer research led to important new concepts about the pathomechanisms of viral carcinogenesis. The functional inactivation of cellular tumor suppressor proteins by viral factors appears
Activation of NF-kappa B by the Tax protein of HTLV-1.: Immunobiology. 1995 Jul;193(2-4):128-36. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96030032; Munoz E; Israel A; Unite de Biologie Moleculaire de l'Expression Genique,; Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.; The Tax protein, encoded by the human T cell leukemia virus HTLV-1, is responsible for transcriptional activation of the viral genome through conserved 21bp repeats located in its promoter. Tax also activates the transcription of cellular genes such as interleukin 2, interleukin 2 receptor (IL2R), GM-CSF, vimentin, c-
TNF-induced activation of NF-kappa B.: Immunobiology. 1995 Jul;193(2-4):193-203. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96030040; Schutze S; Wiegmann K; Machleidt T; Kronke M; Institut fur Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Technische; Universitat Munchen, Germany.; Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) is one of the most potent physiological inducers of the nuclear transcription factor NF-kappa B. In light of the pivotal role of NF-kappa B in the development of immune responses and activation of HIV replication, the identification of TNF signal transduction pathways involved in NF-kappa B
Influence of redox status of lymphocytes and monocytes on HIV transcription and replication.: Immunobiology. 1995 Jul;193(2-4):204-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96030041; Gougerot-Pocidalo MA; Aillet F; Virelizier JL; Israel N; Unite INSERM U 294, Hopital Bichat, Paris, France.
Is there a relationship between heavy drinking and HIV high risk sexual behaviors among general population subjects?: Int J Addict. 1995 Sep;30(11):1453-78. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96093042; Shillington AM; Cottler LB; Compton WM 3rd; Spitznagel EL; Department of Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology, Utah State; University, Logan 84322, USA.; The authors investigated the association between heavy drinking and sexual behaviors among 2,581 general population subjects from the St. Louis Epidemiologic Catchment Area survey conducted from 1981 to 1983. Lifetime sexual behaviors included promiscuity, infidelity, receiving money for sex, and same gender sex. It w
Intra-abdominal tuberculosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Diagnosis and management.: Int Surg. 1995 Apr-Jun;80(2):147-51. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96098505; Schanaider A; Madi K; Department of Surgery and Pathology, Federal University of Rio de; Janeiro, Brazil.; Tuberculosis (TB) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) immunosuppressed patients is characterized by extra-pulmonary disease in as many of 70% of them. If intestinal or lymph node involvement occurs, the differential diagnosis between an acute abdomen and other non surgical conditions may be a challenging problem. Th
Animal organs for human patients?: Hastings Cent Rep. 1995 Sep-Oct;25(5):4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96097322; Palca J
Baboon marrow transplant given OK [news]: Hastings Cent Rep. 1995 Sep-Oct;25(5):47. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96097331
The seductive sirens of medical progress. The case of xenotransplantation.: Hastings Cent Rep. 1995 Sep-Oct;25(5):5-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96097323; Hanson MJ
Development of drug resistance to HIV-1 protease inhibitors.: J Biol Chem. 1995 Dec 15;270(50):29621-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96101998; Ridky T; Leis J; Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland,; Ohio 44106-4935, USA.
T-lymphocytes from AIDS patients are unable to synthesize ribonucleotides de novo in response to mitogenic stimulation. Impaired pyrimidine responses are already evident at early stages of HIV-1 infection.: J Biol Chem. 1995 Dec 15;270(50):29690-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102014; Bofil M; Fairbanks LD; Ruckemann K; Lipman M; Simmonds HA; Academic Department of Clinical Immunology, Royal Free Hospital; School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom.; Proliferative defects have been reported at the level of DNA synthesis, even in T-lymphocytes from asymptomatic human immunodeficiency virus type-1+ (HIV-1+) patients. Since purine and pyrimidine ribonucleotide availability is crucial for proliferation, we compared the ability of HIV-1- and HIV-1+ T-lymphocytes (> 95%
RNA-binding proteins that specifically recognize the selenocysteine insertion sequence of human cellular glutathione peroxidase mRNA.: J Biol Chem. 1995 Dec 22;270(51):30448-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96107197; Shen Q; McQuilkin PA; Newburger PE; Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical; School, Worcester 01655, USA.; Translational incorporation of the unusual amino acid selenocysteine in eukaryotes requires a coding region UGA codon (which otherwise serves as a termination signal), a selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS) in the 3 -untranslated region of the mRNA, and selenocysteyl-tRNA. The mechanisms involved in SECIS recogni
Detection of HIV-1 infection in vitro using NASBA: an isothermal RNA amplification technique.: J Virol Methods. 1995 Aug;54(2-3):109-19. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96038350; Romano JW; Shurtliff RN; Sarngadharan MG; Pal R; Advanced BioSciences Laboratories Inc., Kensington, MD 20895,; USA.; Establishment of a sensitive infection assay for HIV-1 is essential for successful screening of antiviral agents and neutralizing antibodies. In this report, an infection assay is described which measures the expression of viral genomic RNA and spliced mRNA intermediates in infected cells by an amplification-based tec
Fatal pancreatitis as a complication of therapy for HIV infection.: J Emerg Med. 1995 Sep-Oct;13(5):633-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96079181; Pelucio MT; Rothenhaus T; Smith M; Ward DJ; Department of Emergency Medicine, Ronald Reagan Institute of; Emergency Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center,; Washington, District of Columbia, USA.; Acute pancreatitis in HIV-infected patients with or without AIDS has been reported with increasing frequency over the past several years. Drugs used to treat HIV-infected patients are often the cause. We report a case of a 46-year-old HIV-infected man who presented to the emergency department with abdominal pain and w
Moritz Kaposi: idiopathic pigmented sarcoma of the skin.: J Emerg Med. 1995 Sep-Oct;13(5):671-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96079189; Sternbach G; Varon J; Emergency Medicine Service, Stanford University Medical Center,; California, USA.; Moritz Kaposi first published a description of the entity that bears his name in 1872, calling it idiopathic multiple pigmented sarcoma of the skin. For many years thereafter, Kaposi s sarcoma was considered to be a relatively rare, slow-growing malignancy, most commonly seen in middle-aged and elderly men. This chang
Individuals with antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen as the only serological marker for hepatitis B infection: high percentage of carriers of hepatitis B and C virus.: J Hepatol. 1995 Jul;23(1):14-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96138890; Jilg W; Sieger E; Zachoval R; Schatzl H; Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical; Microbiology, University of Munich, Germany.; BACKGROUND/AIMS: Several reports have unequivocally demonstrated that some individuals with antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen as the only serological marker for hepatitis B infection are chronic carriers of the hepatitis B virus. Nevertheless, conflicting data exist about the frequency of this phenomenon; it
T helper cell dichotomy to Candida albicans: implications for pathology, therapy, and vaccine design.: Immunol Res. 1995;14(2):148-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96108418; Romani L; Cenci E; Menacci A; Bistoni F; Puccetti P; Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences,; University of Perugia, Italy.; Acquired immunity to Candida albicans is believed to prevent mucosal colonization of adult immunocompetent individuals from progressing to symptomatic infection. Resistance to disease appears to correlate with the detection of delayed-type hypersensitivity responses in vivo and a T helper type 1 (Th1) cytokine secreti
HTLV 1 associated myelopathy and adult T cell leukaemia-lymphoma in the same patient: report of a case [letter]: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 1995 Nov;59(5):560-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96067323; Rajamani K; Rugman FP; Savant CS; Vakil SD
Central venous catheter infection with Rhodotorula minuta in a patient with AIDS taking suppressive doses of fluconazole.: J Med Vet Mycol. 1995 Jul-Aug;33(4):267-70. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96034427; Goldani LZ; Craven DE; Sugar AM; Department of Medicine, Boston University Medical Center, MA; 02118, USA.; A case of Rhodotorula minuta central venous catheter infection with fungaemia is described in a patient with advanced acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), HIV nephropathy, end-stage renal disease requiring haemodialysis, and a permanent Quinton catheter in place for 6 months. At the time of fungaemia, the patien
Efficiency of the flotation method in the isolation of Penicillium marneffei from seeded soil.: J Med Vet Mycol. 1995 Jul-Aug;33(4):271-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96034428; Vanittanakom N; Mekaprateep M; Sriburee P; Vanittanakom P; Khanjanasthiti P; Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai; University, Thailand.; The efficiency of a modified flotation method for the isolation of Penicillium marneffei from soils has been evaluated. About 80% was recovered from sterilized soil freshly seeded with P. marneffei (100 conidia/1.5 g soil). When seeded non-sterile soil was used (at least 100 seeded conidia/1.5 g soil), P. marneffei co
Potent and selective inactivation of human liver microsomal cytochrome P-450 isoforms by L-754,394, an investigational human immune deficiency virus protease inhibitor.: J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 1995 Dec;275(3):1527-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96108651; Chiba M; Nishime JA; Lin JH; Department of Drug Metabolism, Merck Research Laboratories, West; Point, Pennsylvania, USA.; L-754,394, N-[2(R)-hydroxy-1(S)-indanyl]-5-[2(S)-(1,1-dimethylethylaminocarb- onyl )-4- [(furo[2,3-b]pyridin-5-yl)methyl]piperazin-1-yl]-4(S)-hydroxy-2(R- ) - phenylmethylpentanamide, is a potent and specific inhibitor of the human immune deficiency virus (HIV) protease. The drug selectively inhibited human liver micr
Neurotoxicity of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 tat transactivator to PC12 cells requires the Tat amino acid 49-58 basic domain.: J Neurosci Res. 1995 Sep 1;42(1):34-40. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96058753; Weeks BS; Lieberman DM; Johnson B; Roque E; Green M; Loewenstein P; Oldfield EH; Kleinman HK; Laboratory of Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental; Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.; The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) frequently involves the central nervous system (CNS) and manifests as dementia due to encephalitis or diffuse neurodegeneration. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) proteins, potentially transported into the CNS by mononuclear i
Genital infections in the aetiology of late fetal death: an incident case-referent study.: J Trop Pediatr. 1995 Oct;41(5):258-66. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102585; Osman NB; Folgosa E; Gonzales C; Bergstrom S; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital,; Maputo, Mozambique.; Women with prelabour fetal death in the third trimester were recruited in order to study the association between intra-uterine death and maternal genital colonization of bacteria. Fifty-eight women with verified fetal death were compared with a group of 58 women matched for age, parity and gestational length (the firs
An incident case-referent study of threatening preterm birth and genital infection.: J Trop Pediatr. 1995 Oct;41(5):267-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102586; Osman NB; Folgosa E; Bergstrom S; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Central Hospital,; Maputo, Mozambique.; A total of 53 pregnant Mozambican women identified as having painful uterine contractions in the preterm period were studied and compared to referents, matched for age, parity, and gestational length, without such contractions. Both groups were studied regarding socio-economic and obstetric background factors, current
Clinical crossroads: alcoholism and HIV infection [letter; comment]: JAMA. 1996 Jan 3;275(1):32-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127932; Zenilman JM; Rompalo AM; Jadack R
Depression and survival among HIV-infected persons [letter]: JAMA. 1996 Jan 3;275(1):35-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127936; Lyketsos CG; Hoover DR; Guccione M
HIV-1 shedding and chlamydial urethritis [letter; comment]: JAMA. 1996 Jan 3;275(1):36. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127937; Eron JJ Jr; Gilliam B; Fiscus S; Dyer J; Cohen MS
Risk factors for HIV-1 seroconversion among young men in northern Thailand.: JAMA. 1996 Jan 10;275(2):122-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134954; Celentano DD; Nelson KE; Suprasert S; Eiumtrakul S; Tulvatana S; Kuntolbutra S; Akarasewi P; Matanasarawoot A; Wright NH; Sirisopana N; Theetranont C; Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins; University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Md; 21205, USA.; OBJECTIVE--To identify behavioral and sociodemographic risk factors for incident human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection among healthy young men in northern Thailand . DESIGN--Men inducted into military service in northern Thailand in May and November 1991 were followed a
Ocular manifestations of AIDS [clinical conference] [see comments]: JAMA. 1996 Jan 10;275(2):142-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134957; Whitcup SM; Clinical Branch, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of; Health, Bethesda, Md 20892-1858, USA.
Therapy for cytomegalovirus retinitis: still no silver lining [editorial; comment]: JAMA. 1996 Jan 10;275(2):149-50. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134960; Young LH
Several new drugs shift direction of treatment and research for HIV/AIDS [news]: JAMA. 1996 Jan 10;275(2):89-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96134935; Voelker R
[Detection of retrovirus in salivary glands of patients with Sjogren's syndrome]: Nippon Rinsho. 1995 Oct;53(10):2456-60. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96021737; Yamano S; Saito I; Department of Oral Surgery, Tokyo Medical College.; As similar symptoms and glandular pathology are observed in certain persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and human T lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I), a search was initiated for a possible retroviral etiology in Sjogren s syndrome (SS). Sera from 33% of 15 SS patients reacted against p24 (gag) of
[Exocrinopathy resembling Sjogren's syndrome induced by a murine retrovirus]: Nippon Rinsho. 1995 Oct;53(10):2461-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96021738; Suzuki K; Fujiwara M; Third Department of Internal Medicine, Niigata University.; Recently, retrovirus is suggested to participate in the pathogenesis of Sjogren s syndrome (SjS). During the course of our study on mice infected with LP-BM5 murine leukemia virus, we found SjS-like systemic exocrinopathy in those mice. This virus is known to induce murine acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (MAIDS) in
[HTLV-I infection in primary Sjogren's syndrome--epidemiological, clinical and virological studies]: Nippon Rinsho. 1995 Oct;53(10):2467-72. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96021739; Eguchi K; Mizokami A; Katamine S; First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School; of Medicine.; The HTLV-I seroprevalence rate among the patients with Sjogren s syndrome (SjS, 23.0%) was significantly higher than that among blood donors (3.4%). The age-adjusted summary odds ratio of HTLV-I infection among SjS patients as compared with blood donors was 3.1. The etiologic fraction, i.e., the proportion of SjS in t
[Expression of sequences homologous to HTLV-I pXIV gene in the labial salivary glands of Japanese patients with Sjogren's syndrome and pathogenesis]: Nippon Rinsho. 1995 Oct;53(10):2473-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96021740; Yonaha-Nagato F; Sumida T; Division of Dermatology, Sakura Hospital, Toho University School; of Medicine.; To address the question of whether the human T cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) gene is associated with the etiology of Sjogren s syndrome (SS), RNA expression of HTLV-I gag, pol, env, and tax genes in labial salivary glands (LSGs) from SS patients who were seronegative for antibodies to HTLV-I was examined using R
The story behind the creation of the Michigan AIDS Fund.: Mich Med. 1995 Nov;94(11):11-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96108113; Strumwasser I
Thyroid therapy in HIV-infected patients.: Med Hypotheses. 1995 Aug;45(2):121-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96104076; Derry DM; Ten HIV-positive patients were given thyroid hormone in pharmacological doses. Two patients that had CD4 counts of 200 or higher responded well with gain in weight, energy, endurance and well-being within 6 months. During the same period, their CD4 counts rose to within normal limits and remained there. One patient ha
Leukocyte adhesion molecules as a cofactor in AIDS: basic science and pilot study.: Med Hypotheses. 1995 Aug;45(2):164-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96104083; Allen AD; Hart DN; Hechinger MK; Slattery MJ; Chesson CV 2nd; Vidikan P; CytoDyn of New Mexico, Inc., Santa Fe 87501, USA.; It is well known that the AIDS pandemic is a consequence of pandemic HIV infection. However, Koch s postulates are not satisfied for two reasons: 1) AIDS cannot be experimentally produced in animals susceptible to HIV infection and 2) some people have AIDS (idiopathic CD4+ T lymphocytopenia) in the absence of HIV infe
Trypsin inhibition: a potential cause of cobalamin deficiency common to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer-type dementia and AIDS dementia complex?: Med Hypotheses. 1995 Aug;45(2):200-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96104087; McCaddon A; Regland B; Fear CF; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Molndal Hospital of; Goteborg, Sweden.; There is increasing evidence for an association between Alzheimer-type dementia (AD) and nutritionally independent cobalamin deficiency. Furthermore, low serum cobalamin values occur in a kindred with familial Alzheimer s disease (FAD) and histopathological confirmation of AD neuro
Massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage from AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma confined to the small bowel managed with radiation.: Med Pediatr Oncol. 1996 Feb;26(2):135-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96121152; Neville CR; Peddada AV; Smith D; Kagan AR; Frost DB; Sadoff L; Department of Radiation Oncology, Southern California Permanente; Medical Group, Los Angeles, USA.; A > 50% incidence of Kaposi s sarcoma (KS) of the gastrointestinal tract has been seen in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) patients with cutaneous KS. Although gastrointestinal Kaposi s sarcoma (GIKS) is usually asymptomatic, hemorrhages from the oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, and large bowel have occurred
[Clinical aspects of immunoneuroendocrine alterations in HIV infection]: Minerva Endocrinol. 1995 Jun;20(2):113-26. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96104477; Rondanelli M; Minoli L; A number of studies confirm that any human tissue can be targeted by HIV, and also the endocrine system is involved during HIV infection. No endocrine adenus is saved by the assault of the opportunistic pathogens that overrun the organism unprotected due to the severe and progressive immune deficits induced by the HIV
Attitude adjustment. A complacent public tunes out the AIDS epidemic.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):10-4, 64-5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102647; Feldman MK
HIV: an endemic health problem in Minnesota.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):15-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102648; Henry K; HIV/AIDS Clinic and Programs, Health Partners St. Paul-Ramsey; Medical Center, USA.
Management of HIV infection. A 1995-96 overview for the clinician.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):17-24. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102649; Henry K; AIDS Clinic and Programs, Health-Partners St. Paul-Ramsey Medical; Center, USA.; Although the challenges of HIV/AIDS care may seem overwhelming, we are better able than ever to positively affect the course of HIV for each individual patient. Treatment goals involve three areas: 1) Antiretroviral drugs aimed at retarding the rate of HIV replication, thus reducing the rate of damage to the immune sy
Directions in HIV/AIDS research. A Minnesota perspective.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):26-34. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102650; Henry K; Melroe H; Nelson R; HIV/AIDS Clinic and Programs, Health-Partners St. Paul-Ramsey; Medical Center, USA.; Clinical studies involving HIV therapeutics are becoming ever more challenging because of the changing epidemiology of HIV infection, the rapid evolution of standard clinical practice, and a more difficult economic environment for research. Recent studies relating to HIV pathogenesis have provided novel insights into
HIV infection in women and children.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):35-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102651; Schwebke KE; Hoyt LG; HIV/AIDS Clinic and Programs, Health Partners St. Paul-Ramsey; Medical Center, USA.; AIDS is increasing more rapidly among women than men and has become the fourth-leading cause of death for women between the ages of 25 and 44 years in the United States . This changing epidemiological trend accounts for the increase in pediatric cases of HIV infection. This article summ
Needlestick/sharps injuries and HIV exposure among health care workers. National estimates based on a survey of U.S. hospitals.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):41-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102652; Henry K; Campbell S; HIV/AIDS Clinic and Programs, Health-Partners St. Paul-Ramsey; Medical Center, USA.; Exposure to HIV in the workplace is a major concern for health care workers. The greatest risk for bloodborne pathogen transmission is associated with percutaneous injuries involving hollow-bore needles contaminated with patient blood. Limited data are available about how many sharps injuries (SIs) and needlesticks (N
U.S. prisoners' access to experimental HIV therapies.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):45-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102653; Collins A; Baumgartner D; Henry K; Minnesota Department of Corrections, USA.; PURPOSE: To examine Department of Corrections (DOC) policies prohibiting prisoner participation in research studies and to assess the variables associated with state policies and practices relating to access by inmates in U.S. prisons to HIV-related clinical studies and experimental therapies. METHODS: A telephone sur
AIDS. Public perceptions obscure medical discourse [editorial]: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):5. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102645; Meyer CR
More than medicine: caring for the AIDS patient.: Minn Med. 1995 Nov;78(11):6-7, 62-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102646; Simpson M; Schut R
Case-control study of HIV seroconversion in health-care workers after percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood--France, United Kingdom, and United States, January 1988-August 1994.: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995 Dec 22;44(50):929-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127950; Health-care workers (HCWs) are potentially at risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection through occupational exposures to blood. Although prospective studies indicate that the estimated risk for HIV infection after a percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood is approximately 0.3% (1,2), factors that infl
Surveillance of tuberculosis and AIDS co-morbidity--Florida, 1981-1993.: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996 Jan 19;45(2):38-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96136181; Because immunosuppression induced by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection increases the likelihood that latent tuberculosis (TB) infection will become active in HIV-infected persons (1,2), in 1987, extrapulmonary or disseminated TB was added to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) surveillance case de
Phialophora verrucosa infection in an AIDS patient.: Mycoses. 1995 May-Jun;38(5-6):215-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102662; Duggan JM; Wolf MD; Kauffman CA; Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center,; University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48105, USA.; Phialophora verrucosa is one of several pathogenic dematiaceous fungi associated with chromomycosis and occasionally phaeohyphomycosis. Infection appears to be increasing in frequency in both immunocompromised and presumably healthy patients. Medical therapy is often difficult, and a wide variety of antifungal agents
Race, sex, drug use, and human immunodeficiency virus disease [letter; comment]: N Engl J Med. 1996 Jan 11;334(2):123; discussion 123-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127971; Hogg RS; Craib K; Montaner JS; Schechter MT
Race, sex, drug use, and human immunodeficiency virus disease [letter; comment]: N Engl J Med. 1996 Jan 11;334(2):123-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127972; Turner BJ; Markson LE; Fanning TR
Bacterial pneumonia in HIV [letter; comment]: N Engl J Med. 1996 Jan 18;334(3):195. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127999; Cohen JI
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis [letter; comment]: N Engl J Med. 1996 Jan 25;334(4):267; discussion 268-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96132567; Iseman MD; Goble M
Body-cavity-based lymphoma in an HIV-seronegative patient without Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus-like DNA sequences [letter; comment]: N Engl J Med. 1996 Jan 25;334(4):272-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96132575; Hermine O; Michel M; Buzyn-Veil A; Gessain A
Antisense-oligonucleotide therapy.: N Engl J Med. 1996 Feb 1;334(5):316-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96133746; Askari FK; McDonnell WM; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of; Medicine, Ann Arbor, USA.
Adult counseling for sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection. U.S. Public Health Service.: Nurse Pract. 1995 Oct;20(10):76-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96117258
Advance directives: matters of life and death [news]: Nurse Pract. 1995 Oct;20(10):88-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96117259; Klaus BD
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and the eye.: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 1995 Sep;15 Suppl 2:S42-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96103707; Armstrong RA; Department of Vision Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, UK.
Repeatedly positive human immunodeficiency virus type 1 DNA polymerase chain reaction in human immunodeficiency virus-exposed seroreverting infants.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Aug;14(8):658-62. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96016429; Bakshi SS; Tetali S; Abrams EJ; Paul MO; Pahwa SG; Department of Pediatrics, North Shore University Hospital,; Cornell University Medical College, Manhasset, NY, USA.; Three human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-exposed children who had repeatedly positive DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for HIV in > or = 5 samples before seroreversion to HIV-negative status are reported. The children belong to a cohort of 210 infants who were born to HIV-infected mothers and were te
Weight, height and human immunodeficiency virus infection in young children of infected mothers. The European Collaborative Study.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Aug;14(8):685-90. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96016434; In a longitudinal study of weight and height over the first 4 years of life, 123 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected and 654 uninfected children of similar social background were compared. By 3 months of age there was a 400-g (8.0%) difference in weight and an 0.8-cm (1.3%) difference in height between infecte
Polymerase chain reaction is more sensitive than standard cytologic stains in detecting Pneumocystis carinii in bronchoalveolar lavages from human immunodeficiency virus type 1-infected infants and children with pneumonia.: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Aug;14(8):714-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96016442; Leibovitz E; Pollack H; Rigaud M; Kaul A; Persaud D; Gallo L; Papellas J; Krasinski K; Borkowsky W; Department of Pediatrics, New York University Medical Center, NY,; USA.
Sinusitis caused by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus [letter]: Pediatr Infect Dis J. 1995 Aug;14(8):726-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96016451; Sussman SJ
Brain-emitted event-related potentials recorded during rapid decision-making may be useful in monitoring the neuropathogenesis of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).: Percept Mot Skills. 1995 Aug;81(1):209-10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96093292; Linnville SE; Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA.; Event-related potentials recorded from HIV-infected patients while they detected oddball targets during rapid delivery of dual sequences of tones showed the complete absence of the late, 300-msec., positive (P300) component, suggesting an alteration in the neuronal activity underlying cognitive processing.
Interaction between a Fab fragment against gp41 of human immunodeficiency virus 1 and its peptide epitope: characterization using a peptide epitope library and molecular modeling.: Protein Eng. 1995 May;8(5):471-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96016641; Stigler RD; Ruker F; Katinger D; Elliott G; Hohne W; Henklein P; Ho JX; Keeling K; Carter DC; Nugel E; et al; Institut fur Medizinische Immunologie, Universitatsklinikum; Charite, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany.; The molecular interaction of the Fab fragment of the human monoclonal antibody 3D6, directed against the transmembrane protein gp41 of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) 1, with its peptide epitope is characterized by a panel of overlapping peptides, a peptide epitope library and molecular modeling techniques. The seq
Leprosy in five human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients.: Mod Pathol. 1995 Aug;8(6):662-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96020620; Moran CA; Nelson AM; Tuur SM; Luengu M; Fonseca L; Meyers WM; Department of Infectious and Parasitic Disease Pathology, Armed; Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC, USA.; We present five cases of leprosy in five human immunodeficiency virus-positive individuals. The patients were five men between the ages of 18 and 45 years. The five patients presented with skin lesions; three patients with hypopigmented skin lesions, one with skin macules and a history of leprosy, and one with papular
[Chronic rheumatoid arthritis model mice transgenic for the HTLV-I tax gene]: Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso. 1995 Oct;40(14):2074-82. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96056985; Iwakura Y; Laboratory Animal Research Center, University of Tokyo, Japan.
[Serum hepatitis B markers: atypical patterns detected at the Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria]: Rev Clin Esp. 1995 Oct;195(10):674-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96103232; Santana OE; Frances A; Sierra A; Hernandez J; Martin-Sanchez AM; Servicio de Microbiologia, Hospital Insular de Gran Canaria,; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Las Palmas de; Gran Canaria.; Two atypical serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection were detected in 19 patients during a 18-month period study. Pattern 1 (10 patients) was consistent with HBV-2 infection. Reactivity of HbsAG was confirmed by neutralization tests; the absence of other markers was also verified, included anti-HBcIgM
[Strategies for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus infection]: Rev Clin Esp. 1995 Oct;195(10):701-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96103237; Soriano V; Leal M; Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos; III, Madrid.
[The rapid and slow progression of HIV infection]: Rev Clin Esp. 1995 Oct;195(10):708-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96103238; Soriano V; Martin R; del Romero J; Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Instituto de Salud Carlos; III, Madrid.
Activation of bronchoalveolar lavage T lymphocytes and clinical, functional and radiological features in sarcoidosis.: Sarcoidosis. 1995 Sep;12(2):135-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96105964; Schoenfeld N; Schmitt M; Remy N; Ellensohn P; Loddenkemper R; Wahn U; Lungenklinik Heckeshorn, Kinderklinik KAVH; (Humboldt-Universitat), Berlin, Germany.; Previous studies on the relationship between activated BAL T lymphocytes and clinical features in sarcoidosis revealed controversial results. We determined lavage lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, activated T lymphocytes, helper, suppressor and natural killer cells in 50 patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis and compared the
Granuloma formation signifies a Th1 cell profile [editorial]: Sarcoidosis. 1995 Sep;12(2):95-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96105958; James DG
Difference in clinical implications of CD4 counts among HIV-infected homosexual men and injection drug using men and women.: Stat Med. 1995 Sep 15;14(17):1889-900. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96090736; Paik MC; Begg MD; el-Sadr W; Gorman J; Stien Z; Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Columbia; University, NY, NY, 10032, USA.; While the relationship between CD4 counts and clinical symptoms is well established among homosexual men, the same is not true for injection drug using men and women (IDUM and IDUW). In this paper we investigate whether CD4 counts have the same clinical implications for IDUM and IDUW as for homosexual men. We estimate
[The eye and HIV (editorial)]: Schweiz Rundsch Med Prax. 1995 Nov 28;84(48):1403-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96097483; Bernauer W
Prevalence and risk factors of HIV-1 infection in three parishes in western Uganda.: Trop Med Parasitol. 1995 Sep;46(3):141-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96105991; Kipp W; Kabwa P; Verbeck A; Fischer P; Eggert P; Buttner DW; Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Fort; Portal.; A population-based serosurvey was conducted to determine the HIV-1 prevalence and to evaluate various risk factors in three parishes in western Uganda . Adults over 14 years were examined in all 13 villages of Kigoyera parish far from Fort Portal, in two villages of Kyamukoka parish
Detection of antibodies to HIV-1 gp41- and HLA class II antigen-derived peptides in SLE patients.: Scand J Rheumatol. 1995;24(5):288-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96106379; Koshino K; Tokano Y; Hishikawa T; Sekigawa I; Takasaki Y; Hashimoto H; Department of Medicine, Juntendo University School of Medicine,; Tokyo, Japan.; A role for viruses in the pathogenesis of human autoimmune diseases has long been suspected but has not yet been proven. Highly conserved homologous regions has been reported in the carboxy terminus of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 gp41 (amino acids 838-844) and the amino-terminal of the beta chain of all human
AIDS concerns [letter]: Sci Am. 1996 Jan;274(1):10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96106204; Blott KW
The immunopathology of unilateral vasectomy in the ram.: Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1995 Jul;47(1-2):123-33. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96138917; Jessop TS; Ladds PW; Department of Biomedical and Tropical Veterinary Sciences, James; Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia.; This study investigated the relationship between the local (spermatic granuloma) and systemic events after unilateral vasectomy in six rams. Spermatic microgranulomas were first observed at 4 weeks post vasectomy (PV), at which time lymphocytes, chiefly CD4+ (helper/inducer) cells, were incorporated into the periphery
Analysis of feline dual lymphocyte populations observed by flow cytometry.: Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1995 Sep;48(1-2):11-25. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96106999; Walker C; Bao S; Canfield PJ; Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Sydney, N.S.W.,; Australia.; Two discrete lymphocyte populations were observed commonly on flow cytometric analysis (FCM) of feline lymphocyte subsets. The identity of these populations as small and large lymphocytes was established by correlating data from FCM with that from peripheral blood films. Dual lymphocyte populations were more likely to
Up-regulation of IL-2 receptor alpha and MHC class II expression on lymphocyte subpopulations from bovine leukemia virus infected lymphocytotic cows.: Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1995 Sep;48(1-2):65-76. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96107003; Stone DM; Hof AJ; Davis WC; Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, Washington; State University, Pullman 99164-7040, USA.; Infection with bovine leukemia virus (BLV) leads to a persistent lymphocytosis (PL) characterized by a marked increase in circulating B lymphocytes that express the orthologue of CD5. To gain insight into the factors accounting for lymphocytosis, experiments were conducted to determine the functional activation status
Effect of bovine leukemia virus infection on bovine peripheral blood monocyte responsiveness to lipopolysaccharide stimulation in vitro.: Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 1995 Sep;48(1-2):77-88. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96107004; Werling D; Sileghem M; Lutz H; Langhans W; Institute for Animal Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of; Technology, ETH-Zentrum, Zurich, Switzerland.; The effects of bovine leukemia virus (BLV) infection on cytokine activity of bovine monocytes stimulated with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were examined. Compared to supernatants of LPS-stimulated monocytes from BLV-negative cows, supernatants from BLV-positive cows contained about four times more interle
Neurology of human immunodeficiency virus infection--past, present, and future.: West J Med. 1995 Nov;163(5):470-1. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96102744; Jay C
Transcriptional regulation of cellular and viral promoters by the hepatitis C virus core protein.: Virus Res. 1995 Aug;37(3):209-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96136654; Ray RB; Lagging LM; Meyer K; Steele R; Ray R; Division of Infectious Disease and Immunology, Saint Louis; University Health Sciences Center, MO 63110-0250, USA.; The genomic region encoding the hepatitis C virus (HCV) core protein was cloned into a mammalian expression vector to study its role on the transcriptional regulation of cellular proto-oncogene and viral promoters. Using a transient transfection assay in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HepG2) cells, we demonstrate tha
[Interferon-alpha controls HPV infection in cervix epithelium]: Zentralbl Gynakol. 1995;117(11):566-77. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96098816; Labeit D; Labeit S; Berger M; Gallati H; Rosenberg R; Friese K; Universitatsfrauenklinik Mannheim.; Decreased immune response is necessary for a prolonged HPV-infection and allows HPV to be virulent as an oncogene. This study shows that HPV-infection in cervical epithelium is determined by the immune system and IFN-alpha can be shown to be a prognostic parameter for the HPV-infection. The cytokines (IFN-alpha, IFN-g
Sexually transmitted diseases in Swedish women with experience of casual sex with men of foreign nationalities within Sweden.: Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1995 Nov;74(10):794-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96127830; Arvidson M; Hellberg D; Mardh PA; Institute of Clinical Bacteriology, Uppsala University, Sweden.; BACKGROUND. This study was performed in women who had attended the clinic for contraceptive advice to determine whether a history of casual sex with a foreign male, previously unknown to them (SFM) in their home country ( Sweden ), constituted an increased risk for acquiring sexually
Detection of immunodeficiencies and persistent infections by urinary neopterin measurement.: Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1995 Oct;37(5):575-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96094004; Hara T; Matsuo M; Tasaki R; Miyazaki S; Bamba M; Division of Child Neurology, Tottori University School of; Medicine, Japan.; We evaluated the clinical significance of measurement of urinary neopterin levels in primary immunodeficiencies and persistent infections exclusively at afebrile or asymptomatic periods. Despite the examinations at afebrile or asymptomatic periods, urinary neopterin levels were elevated in some patients with primary i
Long-term sequential changes of antibody to p40tax in HTLV-I carrier mothers and children.: Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1995 Oct;37(5):651-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96094022; Kusuhara K; Ueda K; Tokugawa K; Miyazaki C; Okada K; Sawada T; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University,; Fukuoka, Japan.; Antibody to p40tax (anti-p40tax) in serum specimens obtained sequentially from a human T cell lymphotropic virus type I carrier population of mothers and children were assayed. The prevalences of anti-p40tax at the initial sampling were 88% (7/8) in children and 55% (16/29) in mothers. Two of the seven positive childr
A comparative study of PCR product detection and quantitation by electro-chemiluminescence and fluorescence.: J Biolumin Chemilumin. 1995 Jul-Aug;10(4):239-45. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96084083; Yu H; Bruno JG; Cheng TC; Calomiris JJ; Goode MT; Gatto-Menking DL; Optech Corporation, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA.; Amplification and detection of target DNA sequences are made possible in a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by using a mixture of biotinylated and ruthenium(II) trisbipyridal (Ru(bpy)3(2+))-end-labelled primers. In this way, biotin for capture and Ru(bpy)3(2+) for detection are directly incorporated into the PCR produc
[The use of serological tests for detecting HIV infection in general clinical consultations and hospital consultations]: Acta Med Port. 1995 Oct;8(10):543-52. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96120094; Maria VA; Pimpao MV; Carvalho ML; Sousa AE; Lucas MM; Victorino RM; Centro de Saude do Cacem, ARS de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo.; AIMS: To determine the number and type of HIV tests requested in general practice (GP) and in hospital outpatient clinics, to identify principle risk behaviors, to determine the percentage of HIV positive tests and to identify possible factors associated with the request of HIV tests. METHODS: Cross-sectional, analyti
[Tuberculosis in Portugal]: Acta Med Port. 1995 Oct;8(10):559-65. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96120096; Antunes M de L; Nucleo de Tuberculose, Direccao Geral de Saude, Lisboa.; There is a general downward trend of most epidemiological indices for TB, except for mortality. Incidence and prevalence rates were, for the first time ever, situated below 50 cases/100,000 inhabitants and smear-positive cases below 25/100,000. TB occurs mostly in the large, coastal cities, Lisboa and Oporto having 50
Seroprevalences of Toxoplasma, malaria, rubella, cytomegalovirus, HIV and treponemal infections among pregnant women in Cotonou, Republic of Benin.: Acta Trop. 1995 Aug;59(4):271-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96087257; Rodier MH; Berthonneau J; Bourgoin A; Giraudeau G; Agius G; Burucoa C; Hekpazo A; Jacquemin JL; Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Epidemiologie Tropicale, CHU La; Miletrie, Poitiers, France.; Seroprevalences for toxoplasmosis, malaria, rubella, cytomegalovirus , HIV and treponemal infections were evaluated among 211 pregnant women residing in the Cotonou area, Republic of Benin . One hundred and thirteen women (53.6%) had toxoplasma ant
Re: The spectrum of medical conditions and symptoms before acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in homosexual and bisexual men infected with the human immunodeficiency virus [letter; comment]: Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Jan 1;143(1):102-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96129948; Salman MD; Hutchison JM; Smith M
T-lymphocyte subsets and prolonged diarrhea in young children from Guinea-Bissau.: Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Jan 1;143(1):79-84. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96129944; Molbak K; Lisse IM; Aaby P; Epidemiology Research Unit, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre,; Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark.; In a community-based prospective study of 380 children conducted between 1987 and 1990, the rate of diarrhea was significantly associated with percentage of CD8 T-lymphocytes and the CD4:CD8 ratio. After adjustment for age and previous diarrhea, the relative incidence of diarrhea with a duration of > or = 7 days was 2
A general method to recondition and reuse BIAcore sensor chips fouled with covalently immobilized protein/peptide.: Anal Biochem. 1995 Jul 20;229(1):112-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96140938; Chatelier RC; Gengenbach TR; Griesser HJ; Brigham-Burke M; O'Shannessy DJ; Division of Chemicals and Polymers, CSIRO, Clayton, Victoria,; Australia.; Of significance in the routine use of BIAcore is the cost of the sensor chips. This is particularly evident during the phase of method development of an assay where it is not unusual to expend several chips in a day in attempts to optimize immobilization conditions for a novel peptide or protein. In addition, it is ac
Automation of a high-performance liquid chromatography-based enzyme assay: evaluation of inhibition constants for human immunodeficiency virus-1 protease inhibitors.: Anal Biochem. 1995 Jul 20;229(1):48-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96140929; Pazhanisamy S; Stuver CM; Livingston DJ; Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 02139, USA.; Enzyme-based assays are commonly employed in clinical and pharmaceutical laboratories to aid in quantitation of organic substances. Many enzyme assays are tedious, requiring the addition of reagents at multiple time intervals. The HPLC-based analysis of reaction products requires an additional step of vialing the samp
The 1990 Florida Dental Investigation: is the case really closed? [see comments]: Ann Intern Med. 1996 Jan 15;124(2):250-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96124767; Barr S; In 1994, a magazine article, a newspaper article, and a segment of the television newsmagazine 60 Minutes presented information that cast doubt on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s conclusion that a dentist in Florida had infected six of his patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). These re
The 1990 Florida Dental Investigation: theory and fact [comment]: Ann Intern Med. 1996 Jan 15;124(2):255-6. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96124768; Brown D; Washington Post, Washington, DC 20071, USA.; Controversy remains about the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s (CDC) conclusion that a dentist in Florida transmitted human immunodeficiency virus to six of his patients in the late 1980s. The most vocal doubt has come from journalists affiliated with the television program 60 Minutes. Although unanswered
Infection risks to patients from HIV-infected health care workers [letter]: Ann Intern Med. 1996 Jan 15;124(2):277-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96124781; Collignon P
A nurse's right to refuse a patient care assignment.: AORN J. 1995 Sep;62(3):412-4, 416, 418. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96090648; Kuhn JE; St Luke's Hospital, San Francisco, USA.; Ethics is a set of moral principles or values--a guiding philosophy for behavior. Ethical dilemmas in the health care setting occur daily. Perioperative nurse managers need to consider basic ethical principles when resolving these dilemmas, and they must keep in mind that solutions need to serve the best interests of
Emotional distress suits brought after exposure to HIV.: AORN J. 1995 Sep;62(3):442-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96090652; Murphy EK; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA.
Training traditional birth attendants in Nigeria--the pictorial method.: World Health Forum. 1995;16(4):409-13. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96119122; Matthews MK; Walley RL; Ward A; Akpaidem M; Williams P; Umoh A; School of Nursing, Memorial University, St John's, Newfoundland,; Canada.; High maternal mortality and morbidity rates are a challenge for all involved in the care of mothers and babies. One response takes the form of an educational programme led by professional midwives to teach traditional birth attendants to recognize risk conditions and improve their care of mothers and babies. Such a pr
Serodiagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection.: APMIS. 1995 Oct;103(10):689-92. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96125696; Nielsen H; Andersen LP; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre University Hospital,; Copenhagen, Denmark.; In contrast to the established role of Helicobacter pylori gastritis in gastritis and duodenal ulcer in general, conflicting results have been reported in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The seroprevalence during early HIV infection is unknown. We
The European Collaborative Study: clinical and immunological characteristics of HIV 1-infected pregnant women.: Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1995 Nov;102(11):869-75. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96137871; Thorne C; Newell ML; Dunn D; Peckham C; Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Child Health,; London, UK.; OBJECTIVE: To describe the changing clinical and immunological characteristics and timing of diagnosis of HIV-infected pregnant women enrolled in the European Collaborative Study. DESIGN: A prospective study of the mothers of children enrolled in the European Collaborative Study on children born to HIV-infected women.
HTLV-I associated uveitis in central Japan.: Br J Ophthalmol. 1995 Nov;79(11):1018-20. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96137905; Goto K; Saeki K; Kurita M; Ohno S; Division of Ophthalmology, Odawara Municipal Hospital, Japan.; AIMS/BACKGROUND--Recently HTLV-I has been shown to cause a kind of endogenous uveitis in south west Japan , where HTLV-I infection is highly endemic. To investigate further the association of HTLV-I infection with the incidence of this uveitis, HTLV-I seroprevalence in central Japan,
[Medical care of AIDS patients by hospitals in Tokyo]: Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 1995 Sep;42(9):799-807. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96092223; Okajima F; Araki S; Shiokawa Y; Ashizawa M; Minamitani M; Murata K; Sata F; Maeda H; Ishii A; Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of; Tokyo.; An anonymous questionnaire survey was performed in 1991 in all 749 hospitals in Tokyo, by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government s Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection Research Team, to collect information relating to hospital services for persons with AIDS or HIV infec
[Trends and analysis of HIV and sexually transmitted disease infection in foreign commercial sex workers in Japan]: Nippon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 1995 Sep;42(9):808-14. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96092224; Uchino H
Suramin blocks binding of interleukin-4 to its receptors on human tumor cells and interleukin-4-induced mitogenic response.: Oncol Res. 1995;7(5):227-35. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96034539; Leland P; Obiri N; Aggarwal BB; Puri RK; Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Biology, FDA, Bethesda, MD; 20892-4555, USA.; Suramin, a polysulphonated naphthylurea, has antiproliferative, anticancer, and anti-HIV activities and has been shown to prevent binding of a variety of growth factors to their respective receptors. In the current study we have investigated the effects of suramin on binding of interleukin-4 (IL-4) to its receptors an
What is new in fixed drug eruption? [editorial; comment]: Dermatology. 1995;191(3):185-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96119859; Shiohara T
Follicular accentuation of leukocytoclastic vasculitis in an HIV-infected patient [letter]: Dermatology. 1995;191(3):268-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/96119878; Garcia-Doval I; Sanchez-Aguilar D; Peteiro C; Toribio J