Clinical and serologic features of herpes simplex virus infection in patients with AIDS.
AIDS
; 5(9): 1107-10, 1991 Sep.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1657040
We studied the natural history of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection and its association with specific serum antibody in a sample of 68 HIV-infected patients with a first episode of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at San Francisco General Hospital in 1986. Seroprevalence was 66 and 77% for HSV-1 and HSV-2 antibody, respectively, by immunoblot assay. Twenty-seven patients had 45 HSV outbreaks diagnosed during 739 patient-months of follow-up. Median frequency of recurrence resulting in a medical visit was once every 6.5 months, and median duration of treated outbreak was 10 days. Fourteen of 48 evaluable patients seropositive for HSV-2 had no outbreak of HSV during a median follow-up of 7.5 months. Our data suggests that neither frequency nor severity of HSV were substantially increased in this group of patients, despite severe immunosuppression caused by HIV. However, validation of these results by a prospective study is required.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neumonía por Pneumocystis
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida
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Simplexvirus
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Herpes Simple
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Anticuerpos Antivirales
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS
Asunto de la revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Año:
1991
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido