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Document 0165
DOCN M9460165
TI Treatment of infections in the patient with acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome.
DT 9408
AU Smith GH; College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson.
SO Arch Intern Med. 1994 May 9;154(9):949-73. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/94234858
AB Modern technology has led to a contemporary medical practice that must
be able to manage a variety of opportunistic infections in the
immunocompromised host. The most common causes of immune suppression are
immunosuppressive therapy after organ transplantation, granulocytopenia
secondary to cancer chemotherapy, and the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV). All of these forms of immunosuppression predispose patients to a
wide variety of opportunistic infections caused by reduction in T- and
B-cell lymphocyte function as well as depression of neutrophils.
However, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has presented the
clinician with the greatest challenge in this area. Therefore, it is
imperative that physicians and other health care professionals have a
comprehensive understanding of the recommended therapy as well as the
epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of the various infections in
these patients.
DE AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/MICROBIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY/
*THERAPY Bacterial Infections/THERAPY Human Mycoses/THERAPY
Parasitic Diseases/THERAPY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Virus
Diseases/THERAPY JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, ACADEMIC
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).