background: given to the abundant incidence of malnutrition in hiv+ patients and its effect on progress of aids disease, several studies have recommended supplementation therapy (such as selenium, levamisole, zinc). methods: this clinical trial was prefunded on patient's with hiv + in behavior diseases consulting center, kermanshah, iran 2006-2007. one hundred-seventy eight out of all pati...

background and objective: candidiasis is a common opportunistic infection in hiv-infected patients. the spectrum of candida infection is diverse, starting from asymptomatic colonization to pathogenicforms. the low absolute cd4+ t-lymphocyte count has traditionally been cited as the greatest risk factor for the development of oropharyngeal candidiasis and current guidelines suggest increased ris...

tuberculosis is an important opportunistic disease among hiv- infected persons worldwide; from march 1999 to feburery 2001 we had seventeen patients with hiv-infection and tuberculosis. here we are presenting the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of them. all of them were male, 11 patients had pulmonary and 5 patients had extrapulmonary (pleural effusion 1, hepatic granu...

Background: Given to the abundant incidence of malnutrition in HIV+ patients and its effect on progress of AIDS disease, several studies have recommended supplementation therapy (such as Selenium, Levamisole, Zinc). Methods: This clinical trial was prefunded on patient's with HIV + in Behavior Diseases Consulting Center, Kermanshah, Iran 2006-2007. One hundred-seventy eight out of all patients ...

objectives: immunodeficiency duo to hiv infection can produce unusual diseases in infected individuals & cd4 count is the main predictor of disease progression. in this study clinical syndromes resulting in admition, are considered according to cd4 count for the beter diagnosis and treatment of clinical problemes in hiv infected patients. materrial & methods: this is a cross - sectional...

Background & Aims: Recent evidences indicate that parts of the immunoregulation system such as CD4+CD25+Tcells (Treg) and Th2 cells and Th1 cells, play very important roles in the maintenance of pregnancy. The deficiency in proper recognition of fetal alloantigen by the maternal immune system is associated with recurrent pregnancy failure. Here, we investigate the proportional changes of CD4+CD...