Thoracoscopy in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

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intestinal leishmaniasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

\s=b\Pneumocystis carinii antigen and IgG antibody profiles were prepared on 17 pediatric patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) with pneumonia who were examined by a variety of invasive methods for P carinii organisms. Overall, the accuracy of the antigen assay in invasively examined pediatric patients with AIDS with pneumonia was 94% (sensitivity, 100%; specificity, 90%), as ...

[Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome--AIDS].

Amebiasis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

Amebiasis is an infection caused by the intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica (E. histolytica). About 90% of infections are asymptomatic, and the remaining 10%of infections produce a spectrum of clinical syndromes ranging from dysentery to abscesses of the liver or other organs. Most asymptomatic carriers harbor nonpathogenic strains {E. dispar) which do not cause invasive disease. Some pa...