AIDS Weekly
Welcome to NewsRx!
Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of AIDS Weekly
We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.
HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Scientists at University of Texas publish new data on HIV/AIDS co-infection
August 3rd, 2009
According to recent research published in the International Journal of STD & AIDS, "The prevalence rate of lower gastrointestinal bleeding in patients with AIDS is around 2.6%. A 42-year-old woman with AIDS (CD4 count 9/mu L) and recently treated for disseminated histoplasmosis presented to the emergency room with melena, severe anaemia and fever." "A colonoscopy showed an umbilicated colonic nodule mimicking a carcinoma of the colon. The biopsy showed intracytoplasmic microorganisms compatible with Histoplasma capsulatum. She had poor compliance to the itraconazole when discharge on previous admission," wrote G. Aisenberg and colleagues, University of...
Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-08-03)
|
