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OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS NONBAKTERIAL NATURE AS THE CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS.PART I. CITOMEGALOVIRAL INFECTION, TOXOPLASMOSIS

https://doi.org/10.22328/2077-9828-2015-7-3-24-33

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This survey contains the data analysis of literature, that is devoted to the urgent problem of development of the most commonly registered nonbacterial opportunistic infections (viral, fungal, protozoal) and their resulting deaths of the HIV/AIDS patients. The first part contains information about opportunistic nature of cytomegalovirus infection and toxoplasmosis, while the development and course of the mentioned infections of patients with HIV/AIDS, their immunopathogenesis and the most frequent clinical manifestations are given too. There are also mentioned the reasons and risk factors of deaths, the ability to influence them of accompanying infectious processes. Moreover, there is possible to see the methods of laboratory diagnostics. At the conclusion of the first part of the article, the lack of knowledge about the problems of forecasting deaths with сytomegalovirus infection and toxoplasmosis, as well as the need for further action are being highlighted.

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Akinfiev I.B., Kubrak D.N., Balmasova I.P., Shestakova I.V., Yushchuk N.D. OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS NONBAKTERIAL NATURE AS THE CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS.PART I. CITOMEGALOVIRAL INFECTION, TOXOPLASMOSIS. HIV Infection and Immunosuppressive Disorders. 2015;7(3):24-33. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22328/2077-9828-2015-7-3-24-33

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