Disclosure of diagnosis of acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Diagnosis of pulmonary complications of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Forty eight patients with the acquired immunedeficiency syndrome (AIDS) presented to the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York with persistent cough and dyspnoea or an abnormal chest radiograph, or both. Thirty two (67%) were found to have Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, either alone or in combination with another pathogen. Of these patients, eight (25%) had a normal chest radiograph. Abnormalities ...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The first Australian case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which occurred in a 27-year-old homosexual man, is reported. The patient, an American citizen now resident in Sydney, presented with life-threatening pulmonary consolidation. AIDS is characterized by severe defects in cell-mediated immunity associated with infections and neoplasms (most commonly Pneumocystis carinii pneumo...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Induction of Simian Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Hypothyroxinemia in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Serum thyroxine (T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) were studied in 38 patients confirmed to be infected with HIV-1 virus and the results compared with values observed in age matched healthy subjects. The mean serum total T4 in the majority of the patients, 103 +/- 32 nmol/L, was similar to values observed in the controls, 102 +/- 21 nmol/L, p > 0.05. However, 22.2 pc of the HIV-1 infect...