This comprehensive new reference is an up-to-date source of concise guidance on the diagnosis and therapy of disorders associated with AIDS. Discussions encompass organ-based syndromes, pathogens, and the individual drugs used for therapy.
Section I: Diagnosis of Hiv Infection. Establishing Diagnosis: Hiv
Infection and Aids. Monitoring Patients with Hiv Infection. Section Ii:
Antiretroviral Therapy. Zidovudine. Didanosine. Zalcitabine. Stavudine.
Lamivudine. Nevaripine. Delavirdine.
1592. Loviride. Dmp-266. Saquinavir.
Ritonavir. Indinavir. Nelfinavir. 141 W94 (Vx-478). Section Iii: Immune-Based
Therapies. Immune-Based Therapies in the Management of Hiv-Infected Patients.
Section Iv: Other Therapies, Including Alternative Therapies. Alternative
Therapies. Section V: Strategies for Managing Antiretroviral Therapies.
Managing Primary Infection. Postexposure Management. Initiation of Therapy.
Maintaining Continued Benefit. Managing Pregnant Patients. Section Vi:
Diagnosis, Therapy, And Prevention of Opportunistic Processes. Pneumocytosis.
Toxoplasmosis. Cryptosporidiosis. Microsporidiosis. Enteric Bacterial
Diseases. Myobacterium Tuberculosis. Myobacterium Avium Complex and Other
Atypical Myobacterial Diseases. Bartonellosis. Cryptococcosis.
Histoplasmosis. Coccidioidomycosis. Candidiasis. Mycosis Caused By Moulds.
Cmv Disease. Varicella Zoster Virus Disease. Herpes Simplex Virus Infections.
Epstein-Barr Virus Disease. Human Herpesvirus-6 and -7 Infection. Viral
Hepatitis. Diseases Due to Respiratory Viruses. Sexually Transmitted Human
Papillomavirus Infection. Jc Virus Neurologic Infection. Syphilis and Other
Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Kaposi's Sarcoma. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
Section Vii: Approach to Specific Syndromes. Wasting Syndrome. Neurologic
Disease. Dermatologic Disease. Oropharyngeal Disease. Ophthalmologic Disease.
Hematologic Disease. Cardiac Disease. Respiratory Disease. Renal Disease.
Endocrine Disease. Gastrointestinal Disease. Hepatic and Hepatobiliary
Disease. Section Viii: Drug Administration and Interactions. Drug
Administration and Interactions. Appendix of Aids-Related Medications.
Appendices: Phs Retroviral Guidelines. International Aids Guidelines.
Postexposure Guidelines. Phs Oi Guidelines. Phs Std Guidelines
