Lymphocytosis Among Group B Patients without Respiratory Symptoms and with Normal Chest X - ray Film
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We observed 276 HIV-infected patients to determine the frequency, degree, and clinical presentation ofthe lymphocytic alveolitis in different stages of H1V disease, and also to identify the lymphocyte subsets involved. In 154 patients with proved lung infections or tumors (group A), bronchoalveolar lavage fluid showed lymphocytosis in 78 percent of cases. In 122 subjects (31 AIDS and 91 IIIV-infected nonAIDS patients) without evidence oflung tumor or infection (group B), lymphocytic alveolitis was seen in 72 percent of cases. In 61 of88 (69 percent) group B lymphocytic patients, we observed respiratory symptoms or diffuse interstitial
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