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Sequencing of Bacterial Microflora in Peripheral Blood: our Experience with HIV-infected Patients
Published on: June 11, 2011
Infections in HIV-infected patients with malignancy
1Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.
Abstract:
With the increasing prevalence of HIV, better combination treatment regimens, and preventive therapy for opportunistic infections, physicians will be caring for an ever-increasing number of survivors with an ever-dwindling immune function. Increasing this burden is the unfortunate patient who also develops cancer concurrent with HIV infection. The combined risk factors of these diseases make a worst-case scenario in evaluation and treatment of infections. This article reviews AIDS-defining tumors and other malignancies, risk factors for infection, opportunistic infections, and therapy strategies.
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