Eighty-five subjects with symptomatic primary (P) human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 infection were analyzed in a retrospective cohort study to investigate the long-term clinical benefit of antiretroviral treatment during PHIV infection. Zidovudine treatment was initiated (PHIV treatment group) in 21 persons a median of 9 days after onset of PHIV symptoms and continued for a median of 55...

As the AIDS epidemic continues to spread and involve all segments of society, more and more internists and gastroenterologists are called upon to evaluate and treat patients with disabling diarrhea, the most common clinical manifestation of AIDS. It is often asked: Does it make sense to initiate an extensive workup if no specific etiologic agent is identified in many patients? Should we look fo...

Many AIDS-related issues are polarised. At the social level, civil rights or liberties are seen as being in conflict with general utility, and an analogous distinction is often assumed to exist at the one-to-one, individual level at which doctors work. In this paper the latter form of the distinction is argued to be false. By seeing autonomy as part of welfare, doctors can think more directly a...

I 1982 four words caused panic across the world, changing the way many thought about disease and survival. Those words were acquired immune defi ciency syndrome, or AIDS, which is caused by the human immunodefi ciency virus, or HIV. Deaths from this disease increased throughout the years without any end in sight. The United States suffered its share of deaths and the most deaths were experience...

With about 1 miIlion persons in the US infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (lilV), the inevitable impact of the epidemic on primary care was only a matter of time. That time has come. The majority of family physicians are now caring for patients infected with HN. Providing primary care for patients infected with lllV presents a great challenge. Our understanding of the immunology and...

The HIV-1 pandemic is a complex mix of diverse epidemics within and between countries and regions of the world, and is undoubtedly the defining public-health crisis of our time. Research has deepened our understanding of how the virus replicates, manipulates, and hides in an infected person. Although our understanding of pathogenesis and transmission dynamics has become more nuanced and prevent...

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A 3 year old boy who had acquired HIV infection transplacentally developed the classical features of AIDS encephalopathy, spastic diplegia and expressive aphasia. His computed tomogram showed cerebral atrophy. Treatment with zidovudine and weekly infusions of gammaglobulin led to considerable clinical improvement and an almost normal computed tomogram nine weeks later.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients are at increased risk of developing cancer, particularly in the later stages of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Despite the advent of highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART), malignancy in this population is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and AIDS-related non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (ARL) are th...