| ocular-systemic interrelationships in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. | we analysed the correlation between ophthalmic and systemic findings in 125 subjects with aids and 50 subjects with aids-related complex (arc). positive eye findings were defined as the presence of cotton-wool spots (cws) or cytomegalovirus (cmv) retinitis. the presence of positive eye findings was significantly more frequent in aids than in arc (p = 0.0001). both lowest haematocrit and lowest t-helper cell count were significantly lower in aids than in arc, and also lower in subjects with posit ... | 1991 | 1645204 |
| cytomegalovirus (cmv) titers among acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) patients with and without a history of kaposi's sarcoma (ks). | the relationship between a history of kaposi's sarcoma (ks) and serum titers to cytomegalovirus (cmv) among homosexual patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) was studied. individuals with a history of aids and biopsy-proven or clinically confirmed ks were identified and compared with aids patients who did not have a history of ks. by demographic parameters and level of immunosuppression, the two groups were similar. titers to cmv among the 53 aids patients (using an indirect flu ... | 1990 | 2167170 |
| factors predictive of cytomegalovirus immune status in pregnant women. | we performed serological tests for antibody to cytomegalovirus on 1989 pregnant women of middle-to-upper socioeconomic status at the time of their first obstetric visit. fifty percent of the women had antibody to cytomegalovirus. analysis with a stepwise logistic regression model revealed that seropositivity was independently correlated with nonwhite race, less than 16 years of education, being breast-fed as an infant, the presence of children five to 18 years of age in the home, and maternal ag ... | 1988 | 2826605 |
| texas, teenagers, and cmv. | | 1985 | 2999262 |
| bat salivary gland virus carrier state in a naturally infected mexican freetail bat. | | 1966 | 4288194 |
| a sex difference in the prevalence of antibodies to cytomegalovirus. | | 1972 | 4343496 |
| prospective study of congenital cytomegalovirus infection. | the overall incidence of neonates with urinary cytomegalovirus (cmv) excretion was 0.9% of 954 tested. the incidence was twice as high in the lower as in the upper socioeconomic group (seg). mothers of infants with cmv infection in the lower seg reported a greater number of chronic and gestational medical problems and showed a lower mean age than mothers of cmv-infected infants in the upper seg. the mean age of mothers of cmv-infected infants was not significantly different from the respective c ... | 1980 | 6246642 |
| neurologic manifestations of aids: a comparative study of two populations from mexico and the united states. | neurologic complications associated with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) infection vary geographically. to understand the pattern of hiv-associated neurologic complications in mexico, 120 aids patients from mexico city, mexico, and 500 aids patients from houston, texas, were studied cross-sectionally and retrospectively. neurologic, laboratory, imaging, and pathologic examinations identified 40 mexican patients and 130 u.s. patients with neurologic complications. whereas aids dementi ... | 1995 | 8548343 |
| cytomegalovirus infection and prophylaxis in renal transplantation: financial considerations. | | 1998 | 9636535 |
| viral infections in children undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant. | although viral infection is a major clinical problem for hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, there are few large series reporting on these infections in the pediatric population. we performed a retrospective analysis of the impact of viral infections in this patient population in our center, managed by a uniform antiviral prophylaxis protocol. | 2000 | 10783020 |
| human cytomegalovirus a sequence and ul144 variability in strains from infected children. | human cytomegalovirus (hcmv) displays genetic polymorphisms. this variability may contribute to strain-specific tissue tropism and disease expression in hcmv-infected humans. to determine strain variability in a sequence and ul144 gene regions, 51 low-passage isolates from 44 hcmv-infected children were studied. isolates were obtained from 28 healthy children attending child care centers in iowa and from 16 congenitally infected infants born in texas. isolates demonstrated substantial nucleotide ... | 2001 | 11505449 |
| oral ganciclovir versus valganciclovir for cytomegalovirus prophylaxis in high-risk liver transplant recipients. | this retrospective review compared oral valganciclovir (vgcv) 450 mg daily for 6 months versus oral ganciclovir (gcv) 1000 mg 3 times daily for 3 months in preventing cytomegalovirus (cmv) disease in high-risk liver transplant recipients.we evaluated all cmv donor positive-recipient negative liver transplant recipients managed at university health system in san antonio,texas from august 1996 to september 2006. cmv disease was confirmed by polymerase chain-reaction or antigenemia assay, and cmv i ... | 2009 | 19054381 |
| post-liver transplant survival in hepatitis c patients is improving over time. | outcomes after orthotopic liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis c have been reported to be worsening over the last 2 decades. we analyzed our center's experience over 15 years to identify trends in post-orthotopic liver transplantation survival in patients with and without hepatitis c virus infection. patient survival and graft survival among adult primary orthotopic liver transplantation recipients who survived more than 90 days from january 1991 to june 2006 at the baylor regional transp ... | 2009 | 19326409 |
| pancreas transplantation: experience at university of texas, houston. | diabetes mellitus is a spectrum of diseases characterized by the absence of glycemic control and the development of secondary complications. type 1 diabetes (insulin-dependent) accounts for a minority of cases, but it usually presents in younger age groups. this disease significantly affects quality of life. | 2010 | 20172339 |
| fatal cytomegalovirus pneumonia in patients with haematological malignancies: an autopsy-based case-control study. | cytomegalovirus (cmv) pneumonia is a life-threatening infection in patients with haematological malignancies (hms) or in haematopoietic stem cell transplant (hsct) recipients. to assess the incidence and risk factors for developing fatal cmv pneumonia in these patients, a case-control study based on 999 autopsies was performed at the university of texas m. d. anderson cancer center, houston, texas (january 1990 to december 2004). twenty-five cases (patients who died with cmv pneumonia) were matc ... | 2008 | 19046167 |
| epidemiologic analysis of reactivated cytomegalovirus antigenemia in patients with cancer. | the epidemiologic features of reactivated cytomegalovirus (cmv) antigenemia were studied among 4,382 cancer patients who were cared for and tested at the university of texas m. d. anderson cancer center from 2001 to 2004. the effects of stem cell transplant (sct) status, underlying disease, age, sex, ethnicity, and antibody status (prior to cmv exposure) on the incidence of cmv antigenemia were determined; and the cmv burdens were quantified. antigenemia occurred in 9.3% of patients with non-sct ... | 2007 | 17287334 |
| association of type 2 diabetes mellitus and seroprevalence for cytomegalovirus. | infection is known to play a role in type 1 diabetes, but there is a paucity of information on its role in diabetes mellitus type 2. we examined the seroprevalence of selected viruses in a group of predominantly hispanic patients with type 2 diabetes and control subjects without diabetes. | 2005 | 16108236 |
| nocardiosis in cancer patients. | nocardiosis (noc) is an important cause of infection in immunocompromised patients. however, large series in patients with cancer have not been described. we review the records of patients with cancer and noc who were evaluated at the university of texas m. d. anderson cancer center, houston, texas, between 1988 and 2001, and we describe the incidence, microbiologic and clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome of noc in this population. forty-two patients with a total of 43 episodes of n ... | 2002 | 12352633 |
| prevalence of visual symptoms among patients with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus retinitis. | to determine the prevalence and type of visual symptoms among human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive patients with newly diagnosed cytomegalovirus (cmv) retinitis. | 2002 | 12055459 |
| long-running hiv transfusion suit goes back to trial. | the case of juan and maria longoria, whose daughter died of aids-related complications four years after she received a blood transfusion, has been brought back to trial by the texas court of appeals. in the wrongful-death lawsuit, the plaintiffs argued that united blood services (ubs) should have used surrogate testing for hepatitis and cytomegalovirus. the trial judge granted a summary judgement for ubs in 1987. upon appeal by the longoria's, the judge determined that the findings of expert wit ... | 1995 | 11362849 |
| temporal trends in aids-related survival. | although research indicates that aids-related survival has improved over calendar time, studies of temporal aids-related survival patterns are often confounded by the stage of aids diagnosis. the objective of the present study was therefore to assess temporal trends in aids-related survival from clinical indicators other than point of aids diagnosis. the study sample consisted of 2126 adult hiv-positive patients who were treated between 1987 and 1996 at a large southwestern academic medical cent ... | 1999 | 11362081 |
| determinants of hiv-related survival among texas prison inmates. | research indicates that being incarcerated adversely affects disease progression and overall health status. because hiv infection is a growing problem among prison populations in the united states, understanding how incarceration affects hiv-related survival patterns is critical. the present study examined determinants of hiv-related survival in a cohort of 2380 texas department of criminal justice (tdcj) inmates who were treated for hiv/aids, dating from january 1, 1992 and june 31, 1997. asses ... | 1999 | 10842856 |
| incidence of presumed cytomegalovirus retinitis in hiv-infected pediatric patients. | large population studies of adult patients suggest an incidence of cytomegalovirus (cmv) retinitis as high as 19% to 20% as a late complication of adult hiv infection. we conducted this prospective study of a large cohort of hiv-infected children to determine the incidence of cmv retinitis in hiv-infected children. | 1999 | 10477228 |
| practice makes perfect: devising technical specs for tele-ophthalmology. | | 1997 | 10167783 |
| changing patterns of infections in patients with aids: a study of 279 autopsies of prison inmates and nonincarcerated patients at a university hospital in eastern texas, 1984-1993. | reports on autopsies of 279 persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) were reviewed retrospectively to determine changes in survival rates and infections and to identify differences between prison inmates and nonincarcerated patients. the 78 cases from 1984 through 1988 were compared with 201 from 1989 through 1993, on the basis of use of antiretroviral therapy and (after 1988) prophylaxis against pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (pcp). risk factors for hiv infection were homosexual ... | 1996 | 8842257 |
| control of cytomegalovirus retinitis using sustained release of intraocular ganciclovir. | an experimental intravitreal sustained-release device containing ganciclovir was used to treat 22 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome-associated cytomegalovirus retinitis. fourteen eyes were excluded (five not involved and nine with macular scarring and/or severe debility). thirty eyes received the ganciclovir intraocular device implant and were prospectively followed up from 16 to 419 days (median, 125 days). twenty-seven (90%) of 30 eyes showed stabilization of the retinitis. nine ... | 1993 | 8141855 |
| incidence and morbidity of cytomegalovirus disease associated with a seronegative recipient receiving seropositive donor-specific transfusion and living-related donor transplantation. a multicenter evaluation. | this retrospective study was conducted to identify the frequency of cytomegalovirus (cmv) disease in seronegative recipients of donor-specific transfusion (dst) and living-related donor (lrd) kidneys from seropositive donors. a total of 151 lrd transplants (tx) were performed at six transplant centers over a 3-year period. a total of 33 patients were identified as having been seronegative (pre-tx) for cmv, yet they had dst and a tx from a seropositive lrd. of these patients, 12 (36.4%) seroconve ... | 1988 | 2827352 |
| prevalence of cytomegalovirus antibody in subjects between the ages of 6 and 22 years. | we determined the prevalence of antibody to cytomegalovirus (cmv) in three groups between 1985 and 1987. group i consisted of 511 subjects 6-22 y old, group ii consisted of 920 subjects 18-21 y old, and group iii of 113 subjects 18-22 y old. the overall prevalence of antibody in these three groups was 34%, 24%, and 28%, respectively. prevalence of antibody in white subjects (24%, 21%, and 24%, respectively) was significantly lower than that in nonwhite subjects. in group i, there was no increase ... | 1989 | 2542418 |
| the neuropathology of human immunodeficiency virus infection. the dallas, texas, experience. | postmortem neuropathologic changes were evaluated in 141 consecutive patients dying with human immunodeficiency virus infection at publicly supported hospitals affiliated with the university of texas southwestern medical center in dallas, between august 1984 and september 1990. morphologic abnormalities were identified in 112 cases (79%). cytomegalovirus was the most common opportunistic infection encountered, with characteristic viral inclusions identified in 23 patients, and presumptive eviden ... | 1991 | 1747029 |