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"Detection of Mycoplasma penetrans (Mp) Antibodies, and Human Herpesvirus-Like (HHV8) DNA Sequences in Serial Blood Samples from HIV Seropositive Patients wi

Published in Blood Weekly, October 7th, 1996

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 36th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, held September 15-18, 1996, in New Orleans, Louisiana, "AIM: Several agents transmissible by sexual contacts have been postulated as potential cofactors for the development ok KS in AIDS. We investigated the association of KS with Mp, and HHV8 in serial blood samples according to exposure category. Methods: In 1994, 120 HIV-1 seropositive in- and outpatients were enrolled in a cohort study: 24 patients (pts) contaminated with blood products (Gr1), 32 pts contaminated by heterosexual sex (Gr2), 35 homo- or bisexual males with KS (Gr3), and 30...

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