The condition known as the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was initially described at the Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA, ",2 and the first case of AIDS in the United Kingdom was reported in 1981.3 At the time of writing, only one established case has been reported in Northern Ireland.4 In the absence of effective prevention and treatment, it seems certain that there will b...

Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection is a common opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome). Pulmonary involvement of MAC may range from asymptomatic colonization of the respiratory tract to invasive parenchymal or cavitary disease. However, endobronchial lesions with MAC infection are rare in immunocompetent and immunosuppressed hosts. Here, we r...

We reviewed the initial and follow-up chest roentgenograms (CXR) of 104 patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) diagnosed between 1981 and 1985 in order to determine the relative frequencies of its various roentgenographic patterns. Although a diffuse bilateral interstitial infiltrate is most common, it was concluded that unusual and...

National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is observed each year on September 27 to direct attention to the ongoing and disproportionate impact of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) on gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States. MSM represent approximately 2% of the U.S. population. However, in 2013, MSM ...

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 ...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) was first described 30 years ago in a report from the US Centers for Disease Control. Two years later the causative virus was identified and afterwards named the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This article reviews the progress made in the three decades since the recognition of AIDS and the discovery of HIV, with respect to the virus, the infected ...

cryptococcus neoformans is the most incriminated fungal pathogen causing meningitis in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) patients, and is known to constitute a major cause of deaths in aids patients. this study aimed to determine the sero-prevalence and effect of cd4 count on seropositivity for cryptococcus neoformans antigen (crag) in antiretroviral- naïve (art-naïve) aids patients. t...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: PC: Palliative Care; PHC: Primary Health Care; NCD: Chronic Non-Communicable Disease; KPS: Karnofsky Performance Scale; WHO: World Health Organization; COPD: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; REC: Research Ethics Committee; HU: Health Unit; NHP: National Humanization Policy; CHA: Communi...