MISSING INFECTIONS IN AIDS

被引:73
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LUCAS, SB [1 ]
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[1] MIDDLESEX HOSP,SCH MED,LONDON W1,ENGLAND
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10.1016/0035-9203(90)90453-L
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
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In north America and Europe, the opportunistic infections from which patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) frequently suffer are Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare: in central Africa these infections are uncommon or non-existent. Serious infections with Entamoeba histolytica and Strongyloides stercoralis would be expected to occur in AIDS patients: they do not. Falciparum malaria might be expected to interact with HIV infection: it does not. The epidemiology and pathophysiology of these infections are discussed with respect to HIV co-infection. © 1990, Oxford University Press. All Rights Reserved.
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