| cerebral toxoplasmosis in danish aids patients. | we estimate the frequency of central nervous system (cns) toxoplasmosis in danish aids patients and evaluate the diagnostic accuracy using the following criteria for acceptance of the diagnosis: either (1) the demonstration of toxoplasma gondii in brain tissue or (2) one or more hypodense or ring-enhancing lesions on computerized axial tomography (cat) scan and a neurologic and cat scan improvement in response to 2 weeks of treatment. from 1981 until july 1990 266 patients were diagnosed with ai ... | 1991 | 1815332 |
| pneumocystis carinii in human lungs at autopsy. | to get some information about the prevalence of pneumocystis carinii in the danish population we have examined autopsy lung biopsies from patients at 2 large hospitals in copenhagen, righospitalet (rh) and finseninstituttet (f), in a 5-year period from 1979 to 1984. imprints made from the biopsies were stained with the toluidine blue o method and examined microscopically for pneumocysts. a total of 1762 patients were examined and pneumocysts found in 83 (4.7%); at rh 54 (4.9%) of 1106 patients a ... | 1986 | 3492758 |
| cytomegalovirus infection rate among heart transplant patients in relation to anti-thymocyte immunoglobulin induction therapy. copenhagen heart transplant group. | during a 2-year period, 49 patients underwent heart transplantation at rigshospitalet, copenhagen. nine (18%) were females and the mean age for all patients was 44 years (range 14-56 years). immunosuppressive therapy included cyclosporin, azathioprine and steroids in all patients. 43 patients received in addition short-term (approx. 4 days) induction treatment with antithymocyte immunoglobulin (atg). 17 patients received atg fresenius, 2.5 mg/kg/day or atgam, 12.5 mg/kg/day, whereas the remainin ... | 1994 | 7939422 |
| pneumocystis carinii pneumonia during maintenance treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. | pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp) is a wellknown risk among patients with deficient t-cell function such as children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all). the purpose of this study was to estimate the risk for pcp during maintenance treatment (mt) to identify patients at risk who could benefit from prophylaxis. | 2001 | 11466718 |