Cytomegalic Inclusion Disease and Pneumocystis Carinii Infection in an Adult

Perineal ulcers in an infant: An unusual presentation of postnatal cytomegalovirus infection

“…Finally, perineal ulcers have been reported in immunocompromised adults as well. 10,13,[17][18][19][20][21] The precise mode of acquisition of CMV in our patient is not clear although breast milk is a possibility. Besides breast milk, other sources of CMV include exposure to maternal cervical secretions, transmission from other people, or transmission by blood.…”

The historical question of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the 1960s in the Congo River basin area in relation to cryptococcal meningitis.

“…There are few historical epidemiologic reports concerning the dynamics of the emergence of HIV; 44,53,54 thus, any new explanation has a certain epidemiologic interest.…”

“…It would seem that the central equatorial region of Africa is perhaps where HIV originated, [51][52][53] and what remains to be determined is the time at which HIV began to circulate. Two cases of AIDS were confirmed in two sailors having frequented harbors located on African coasts between 1955 and 1957; one was an English sailor who died in 1959, 54,55 and the other was a Norwegian sailor who died in 1976. 56 In analyzing 818 plasma samples obtained since 1959 from central Africa (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, and southern Sudan), American epidemiologists 57 reported that an African subject originating from central Africa had been in contact with the HIV-1 (or a related virus) 25 years earlier.…”

Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonitis A Review

“…Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis and immunological deficiency can occur a t any age during the coursc of a primary immunologic deficiency disease and is associated with deficiency states of all types [144].…”