Impaired CD4-cell immune reconstitution upon HIV therapy in patients with toxoplasmic encephalitis compared to patients with pneumocystis pneumonia as AIDS indicating disease

Impaired CD4-cell immune reconstitution upon HIV therapy in patients with toxoplasmic encephalitis compared to patients with pneumocystis pneumonia as AIDS indicating disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Objectives</p> <p>There is only little data on immune reconstitution in antiretroviral naïve AIDS-patients with toxoplasmosis. The observation of several cases with reduced increase of CD4-cells upon start of antiretroviral treatment (ART) prompted us...

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Main Authors: Kastenbauer U, Wolf E, Kollan C, Hamouda O, Bogner JR
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-06-01
Series:European Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Antiretroviral therapy, highly active
CD4<sup>+ </sup>lymphocyte count
HIV
pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
toxoplasmic encephalitis
Online Access:http://www.eurjmedres.com/content/14/6/244

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