Tuberculous pericarditis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome patients

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.

Immunological studies in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Defective cell-mediated immunity in the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is manifested by a reduction of T-helper (TH) cells and an increase of T-suppressor (T,) cells in peripheral blood, by loss of normal T-cell responses to mitogens and antigens in vivo and in vitro, and by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignancies.' Our immunological studies on a group ...

Toxoplasma gondii antigenuria in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

A longitudinal study was performed with sera and urine of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), taken before, during and after clinically Toxoplasma infection. The tested patients were followed for an average of two years. The titres of the specific IgG and IgM antibodies were measured by an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT), and the appearance of circulating antigen...

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...