| racial differences in rate of cd4 decline in hiv-1-infected homosexual men. | to determine whether racial differences exist in the rate of cd4 lymphocyte decline in hiv-1-infected homosexual men. | 1996 | 8874633 |
| the importance of bacterial sepsis in intensive care unit patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: implications for future care in the age of increasing antiretroviral resistance. | to describe the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) admitted to the intensive care unit (icu). | 2001 | 11373418 |
| dietary micronutrient intake and risk of progression to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1)-infected homosexual men. | the authors sought to determine if different levels of dietary intake of micronutrients are associated with the progression of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infection to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). a total of 281 hiv-1 seropositive homosexual/bisexual men were seen semiannually since 1984 at the baltimore/washington, dc site of the multicenter aids cohort study. participants completed a self-administered semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire at baseline. leve ... | 1993 | 7903021 |
| pulmonary complications associated with illicit drug use. an update. | in earlier years, nonopportunistic infectious pulmonary complications of illicit drug use were most common. we designed this study to update the pulmonary complications associated with illicit drug use in the 1990s. | 1995 | 7634884 |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the united states: the first 1,000 cases. | between june 1981 and february 1983, the centers for disease control (atlanta) received reports of 1,000 patients living in the united states who met a surveillance definition for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids). seventy-three percent of these patients were diagnosed after january 1, 1982. the 1,000 patients included 284 with kaposi's sarcoma (ks), 497 with pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp), 83 with ks and pcp, and 136 with opportunistic infections other than pcp. the overall m ... | 1983 | 6604115 |
| acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) trends in the united states, 1978-1982. | this report summarizes results of surveillance for the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids) in the united states by the centers for disease control through the first quarter of 1983. surveillance has been predominantly passive, supplemented by active follow-up of requests to the centers for disease control for pentamidine isethionate for treatment of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. the 1,299 reported cases showed trends of increasing incidence among all risk groups: homosexual men (72 perc ... | 1984 | 6322585 |
| review of death certificates to assess completeness of aids case reporting. | to assess the level of reporting of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) cases, the authors reviewed death certificates for periods of 3 months during july through december 1985 in each of four cities: washington, dc, new york city, boston, and chicago. since reporting began in 1981, these cities have reported 38 percent of all aids cases in the united states. death certificates were selected and matched to the aids surveillance registries in each city, and medical records of those not on t ... | 1987 | 3112848 |
| kaposi's sarcoma in three hiv-1-infected cohorts. | we describe the kaposi's sarcoma (ks) experience in three cohorts of homosexual men, subjects with hemophilia, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) seroconverters. the risk of ks was higher in hiv-1-infected homosexual men from new york city as compared with washington, d.c. and was very low in the hemophilia subjects. while ks accounted for a decreasing proportion of aids cases in homosexual men, the absolute risk per year did not diminish. survival was similar after diagnosis of ks ... | 1990 | 2395084 |