Padiglione A; Australasian Society for HIV Medicine. Conference.
Annu Conf Australas Soc HIV Med. 1993 Oct 28-30; 5: 98 (poster no. 47).
Fairfield Hospital, Vic.
In early 1993 an elderly Vietnamese lady presented to Fairfield Hospital with skin lesions, fever and was found to have disseminated MAC and cryptococcal meningitis. Subsequent tests revealed a profound suppression of lymphocytes, with a CD4 count of 270 and CD8 count of 80. Despite treatment and clinical improvement her lymphopaenia worsened with counts of 150 (CD4) and 50 (CD8) respectively. All tests for HIV 1 and 2, HTLV 1 and 2 and malignancy have been negative. She now remains well and has shown a progressive rise in lymphocyte counts. Nevertheless, we believe that this lady meets the criteria for idiopathic T helper lymphocytopenia as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and we believe is the first such case description in Australia. The diagnostic criteria and natural history are briefly discussed.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Aged
- Antigens, CD4
- Antigens, CD8
- Australia
- CD4 Lymphocyte Count
- HIV-1
- Humans
- Lymphopenia
- Meningitis, Cryptococcal
- immunology
Other ID:
UI: 102208062
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