HIV/AIDS

Findings from V. Zota and co-authors broaden understanding of HIV/AIDS

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 24th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, "A 57-year-old HIV-positive, homosexual man presented with a 1-month history of fatigue, dyspnea, fever, and 10-pound weight loss. Two weeks earlier, he had been admitted to another hospital where an extensive workup failed to demonstrate any occult infection."

"At that time, he was given an empiric course of intravenous trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, cetriaxone, and azithromycin without any meaningful resolution of his symptoms. On admission to our institution, he appeared frail with a heart rate of 99 BPM, blood pressure 108/62 mmHg, and temperature 99.8 degrees F. Physical examination demonstrated splenomegaly, but...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2009-08-24)

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