A Clinical Guide to AIDS And HIV

This up-to-date volume presents the latest clinical information on AIDS and other manifestations of HIV infection. The book opens with important epidemiological factors in HIV infection, including pediatric HIV infection. The next chapters address pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection, laboratory detection of human retroviral infection, and immunodeficiency in HIV-1 infection. A major section on clinical manifestations follows. Subjects covered include HIV in infants, children, and adolescents; Pneumocystis carinii disease; mycobacterial disease; neurological complications of AIDS and HIV infection; gastrointestinal manifestations; and neoplastic complications of HIV infection. Further chapters discuss infection control; treatment and prevention, including antiretroviral chemotherapy, immunizations, and vaccine-preventable diseases; and topics and issues specific to HIV-infected women. The latest information on the pharmacology of drugs currently being used to treat HIV/AIDS is also included.