Document 0165
 DOCN  M9460165
 TI    Treatment of infections in the patient with acquired immunodeficiency
       syndrome.
 DT    9408
 AU    Smith GH; College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson.
 SO    Arch Intern Med. 1994 May 9;154(9):949-73. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94234858
 AB    Modern technology has led to a contemporary medical practice that must
       be able to manage a variety of opportunistic infections in the
       immunocompromised host. The most common causes of immune suppression are
       immunosuppressive therapy after organ transplantation, granulocytopenia
       secondary to cancer chemotherapy, and the human immunodeficiency virus
       (HIV). All of these forms of immunosuppression predispose patients to a
       wide variety of opportunistic infections caused by reduction in T- and
       B-cell lymphocyte function as well as depression of neutrophils.
       However, the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has presented the
       clinician with the greatest challenge in this area. Therefore, it is
       imperative that physicians and other health care professionals have a
       comprehensive understanding of the recommended therapy as well as the
       epidemiology, pathogenesis, and diagnosis of the various infections in
       these patients.
 DE    AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections/MICROBIOLOGY/PARASITOLOGY/
       *THERAPY  Bacterial Infections/THERAPY  Human  Mycoses/THERAPY
       Parasitic Diseases/THERAPY  Support, Non-U.S. Gov't  Virus
       Diseases/THERAPY  JOURNAL ARTICLE  REVIEW  REVIEW, ACADEMIC

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