AIDS-related opportunistic infections / / Claudia D. Galanda, editor

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.196/9792
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Complications; Opportunistic infections
• Altri autori: GalandaClaudia D
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Induced sputum versus bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of infectious lung diseases in human immunodeficiency virus-positive patients / Rosemeri Maurici da Silva -- Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection during HIV disease, persisting problems / Roberto Manfredi -- HIV infection and pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) / Jose G. Castro -- On the finding of trichomonads as co-infecting agents in pneumocystis pneumonia / Christophe Duboucher, Eduardo Dei-Cas, Eric Viscoglioso -- AIDS-related opportunistic infections in children with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of antiretroviral therapy / Danaya Chansinghakul, Thanyawee Puthanakit, and Chitsanu Pancharoen -- Tropical blood infection in HIV : evidence for opportunistic infection / Viroj Wiwanitkit -- Opportunistic infection in HIV infection : a summary of reports from Thailand / Viroj Wiwanitkit -- The prevention of AIDS-related malignancies / Justin Stebbing ... [et al.] -- Serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE) in African endemic- and AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma / Antoinette C. van der Kuyl ... [et al.] -- Informal caregiving to children with HIV/AIDS in Togo : measures and concepts / Ami R. Moore.
• Sommario/riassunto: Having AIDS weakens the body's immune system. The immune system normally fights germs that enter the body. When AIDS makes it weak, it can't fight germs well. This can lead to serious infections that don't often affect healthy people. These are called opportunistic infections (OIs).There are many types of OIs. Tuberculosis and a serious related disease, mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) are bacterial infections. Viral infections include cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C. Fungi cause thrush (candidiasis), cryptococcal meningitis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and histoplasmosis, and parasites cause crypto (cryptosporidiosis) and toxo (toxoplasmosis). Having AIDS can make any infection harder to treat. People with AIDS are also more likely to suffer complications of common illnesses such as the flu. This new book presents the latest research in the field.
• Titolo autorizzato: AIDS-related opportunistic infections
• ISBN: 1-60876-679-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910968529403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II