cytomegalovirus retinitis/diarrhea

OBJECTIVE To compare the safety and efficacy or oral ganciclovir with intravenous ganciclovir for the maintenance therapy of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS patients. METHODS Multicenter, randomized, open-label study, with both masked and unmasked ophthalmic assessments. METHODS Patients

Valganciclovir, an oral prodrug of the anti-cytomegalovirus (CMV) agent ganciclovir, was evaluated in a single-arm open-label safety study. AIDS patients (median CD4 lymphocyte count of 140 cells/microL) with treated CMV retinitis (N = 212) received 900-mg once-daily valganciclovir maintenance

OBJECTIVE To identify the magnitude of ocular complications in HIV infection in Chiang Mai, and determine the signs or symptoms that indicate the risk factors for developing ocular complications in HIV-positive patients METHODS A prospective study was carried out in newly diagnosed HIV-positive

A study on AIDS subjects carried out at the Calmette Hospital in Phnom-Penh between the 1st January 97 and the 30th December 98. The objective of this study was to describe the most frequent clinical manifestations as well as the opportunistic infections according to the 1993 CDC classification

Good's syndrome, the adult onset hypogammaglobulinemia associated with thymoma has been explained about six decades ago. It generally presents with recurrent infections and several paraneoplastic syndromes including myasthenia gravis, pure red cell aplasia, connective tissue disorders, superior vena

OBJECTIVE To describe and analyze the clinical and biological manifestations of thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) and evaluate the therapeutic strategies. METHODS A retrospective study was performed in 14 infectious diseases units of southern France. All HIV patients presenting TMA during the last

A total of 314 immunocompromised patients with serious cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection treated with ganciclovir administered intravenously were studied. Rates of favorable clinical response among evaluatable patients were 91 (84%) of 108 for CMV retinitis, 35 (83%) of 42 for gastrointestinal CMV

The clinical features and results of laboratory investigations of the first 19 Indian patients with AIDS seen in our hospital are presented. Weight loss, fever, and diarrhea were the most common symptoms. Tuberculosis (TB) was the most common secondary infectious disease; among 13 patients, seven