[Prevalence of HIV antigens in cerebrospinal fluid and in serum of patients with both asymptomatic and symptomatic HIV infection]

M Radkowski; T Laskus; E Kopicz-Kamińska; M Mian; L Babiuch; J Slusarczyk

[Prevalence of HIV antigens in cerebrospinal fluid and in serum of patients with both asymptomatic and symptomatic HIV infection]

Pol Tyg Lek. 1992 Sep;47(36-37):784-6.

[Article in Polish]

Authors

M Radkowski¹, T Laskus, E Kopicz-Kamińska, M Mian, L Babiuch, J Slusarczyk

Affiliation

¹ Zakładu Immunopatologii, Kliniki Nabytych Niedoborów Immunologicznych Instytutu Chorób Zakaźnych i Pasozytniczych, Warszawie.

PMID: 1293560

Abstract

Prevalence of HIV-Ag in both serum and CSF has been determined in 19 HIV infected patients, including 7 patients without any symptoms or only generalized lymphadenopathy, 5 patients with ARC and 7 patients with AIDS. The results have been correlated with clinically evident neurological disorders. HIV-Ag have been detected in 9 out of 12 patients with ARC (AIDS Related Complex) and AIDS. In 8 of them neurological disorders have been present. Out of the remaining 7 patients in only one HIV-Ag has been detected in CSF (p < 025). No correlation between the presence of HIV antigen in CSF and serum has been noted.

Publication types

English Abstract

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Complex / immunology*
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / immunology*
Adult
HIV Antigens / blood*
HIV Antigens / cerebrospinal fluid*
HIV Seropositivity / immunology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

HIV Antigens