IMMUNOMODULATORS IN OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS TREATMENT

Opportunistic infections associated with TNF-α treatment

The 2015 Clinical Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Koreans: Guidelines for Opportunistic Infections

The Committee for Clinical Guidelines for the Treatment and Prevention of Opportunistic Infections of the Korean Society for AIDS was founded in 2011. The first edition of the Korean guidelines was published in 2012. The guideline recommendations contain important information for physicians working with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the clinica...

Opportunistic infections in immunodeficient populations.

Special Issue Opportunistic infections occur with greater frequency or severity in patients with impaired host defenses. Growing numbers of HIV-infected persons, transplant recipients, and elderly persons are at increased risk. Alison Grant, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, discussed opportunistic infections due to HIV. In 1997, more than 30 million HIV-infected persons lived in ...

HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections

With the remarkable prolongation of life achieved among HIV-infected individuals, owing to the use of potent antiretroviral therapy, has come dramatic progress in reducing the incidence of HIV-related opportunistic infections (OIs). There has been considerable focus on antiretroviral therapy and HIV prevention, and most HIV practitioners are highly proficient at managing antiretroviral therapy....

Opportunistic fungal infections.

This book contains a collection of 32 papers presented at the 19th Annual Clinical Conference on Cancer (1974) of the University of Texas, MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute. Twentytwo of the papers were contributed by members of the local hospital staff. The conference was intended to emphasize the expanding role of cancer chemotherapy in the management of cancer patients, and 16 papers ...