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Posted with the author's and the publisher's permission. New York Native November 14, 1994 This is Your Brain on HHV-6 by Neenyah Ostrom Last Week, we told you that the same kinds of pathological changes occur in the mouths of "AIDS" and "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" patients. This week, the focus shifts to the similarities in the brain. Damage to "AIDS" patients' nervous systems is occurring more often than ever before, according to the National Institute of Allergy a ...
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HIV/ AIDS: Bibliography page 3 Chaisson, R. et al. Impact of opportunistic disease on survival in patients with HIV infection. AIDS 12(1):29–33 (1998). The goal of this study was to assess the impact of opportunistic illnesses on survival in AIDS patients. A total of 2081 AIDS patients were followed for a mean of 30 months. 35 percent of the patients died during the follow up. The following opportunistic illnesses were found to be significantly associated with death, independently of CD4 cell count: Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease, Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease, Candida esophagitis, ...
Feikin D, Feldman C, Shuchat A, et al. Global strategies to prevent bacterial pneumonia in adults with HIV disease. The Lancet Infectious Diseases . 2004;4(7):445–455. This article was based on a review of literature dealing with prevention and management of bacterial pneumonia among HIV-infected adults. Rates of bacterial pneumonia increase approximately 100-fold during acute HIV infection. Increased risk of pneumonia occurs among HIV-positive people who inject drugs, or smoke cocaine, crack, marijuana, or cigarettes. Alcoholism, cirrhosis, low albumin, asthma, and sickle cell disease constitute ...
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