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When a person is infected with HIV, the virus slowly begins to destroy that person's immune system. How fast this occurs differs in each individual. Treatment with HAART can help slow or halt the destruction of the immune system. Once the immune s...
Source:ADAM
Date:May 30, 2009
At the present time, there is no cure for AIDS. Treatment stresses aggressive combination drug therapy for those patients with access to the expensive medications and who tolerate them adequately. The use of these multi-drug therapies has signific...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Presently, there is no cure for HIV infection or AIDS, nor is there a vaccine to prevent the HIV infection. However, there are new medications that help slow the progression of the infection and reduce the seriousness of HIV consequences in many p...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
No cure for AIDS has been discovered. Treatment stresses aggressive combination drug therapy for those patients with access to the expensive medications and who tolerate them adequately. The use of these multi-drug therapies, called highly active ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The prognosis for individuals with AIDS in recent years has improved significantly because of new drugs and treatments, and educational and preventive efforts. Women whose HIV infections are detected early and receive appropriate treatment survive...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs. It is caused by a bacterial microorganism, the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Altho...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Tuberculosis (TB) is a potentially fatal contagious disease that can affect almost any part of the body but is mainly an infection of the lungs . It is caused by a bacterial microorganism: the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Alth...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Tuberculosis is a chronic, infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and potentially fatal disease that can affect almost any part of the body but manifests mainly as an infection of the lungs. It is caused by a bacterial microorganism, the tubercle bacillus or Mycobacterium tuberc...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Kaposi's sarcoma is a cancerous tumor of the connective tissue, and is often associated with AIDS.
Source:ADAM
Date:September 28, 2008
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is a cancer of the skin, mucous membranes, and blood vessels; it is the most common form of cancer in AIDS patients. It was named for Dr. Moritz Kaposi (1837-1902), a Hungarian dermatologist who first described it in 1872. As...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Kaposi's sarcoma is a form of skin cancer that can involve internal organs. It is most often found in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ), and can be fatal.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Kaposi's sarcoma (KS), also called multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma, is a neoplastic disease associated especially with AIDS , usually affecting the skin and mucous membranes.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) is a fungal infection of the lungs.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 1, 2007
Pneumocystis pneumonia is a lung infection that occurs primarily in people with weakened immune systems—especially people who are HIV-positive. The disease agent is an organism whose biological classification is still uncertain. Pneumocystis carin...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rare disorder that damages the material (myelin) that covers and protects nerves in the white matter of the brain.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 13, 2008
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease caused by opportunistic infection of brain cells (oligodendrocytes and astrocytes) by the JC virus (JCV).
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is a rare, fatal disease of the white matter of the brain that almost solely strikes individuals who already have weakened immune systems.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Candidiasis is an infection caused by a species of the yeast Candida , usually Candida albicans . This is a common cause of vaginal infections in women. Also, Candida may cause mouth infections in people with reduced immune function, or in patient...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Candidiasis is an infection caused by a species of the yeast Candida , usually the Candida albicans fungus. Candida is found on various parts of the bodies of almost all normal people but causes problems in only a few. Candidiasis can affect the s...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Candidiasis (thrush, monilia infection) is caused by a fungus that most commonly infects the mouth (usually of infants or persons with weakened immune systems), or the vagina (yeast infection). Another form of candidiasis causes painful inflammati...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
Cytomegalic inclusion body disease (CIBD) is a condition caused by infection with cytomegalovirus (CMV), a type of herpes virus. A hallmark of CIBD is the periodic reappearance of symptoms throughout life, as the virus cycles through periods of la...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus related to the group of herpes viruses. Infection with CMV can cause no symptoms, or can be the source of serious illness in people with weak immune systems. CMV infection is also an important cause of birth defects .
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus related to the group of herpes viruses. Infection with CMV can cause no symptoms or can be the source of serious illness in people with weak immune systems. CMV infection is also an important cause of birth defects.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
As the name indicates, cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease is a virus infection. It is caused by herpes virus type 5, and it takes two forms. Intrauterine infection of the fetus is a very serious, often lethal, condition that affects a small proportion ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health
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