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Fisher MJ, Gazzard BG, Hawkins DA, Nelson MR. Atovaquone as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. J Infect 1994; 28:103-4. [PMID: 8163822 DOI: 10.1016/s0163-4453(94)94502-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Alo CJ, Howe HL, Nelson MR. Birth-weight-specific infant mortality risks and leading causes of death. Illinois, 1980-1989. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DISEASES OF CHILDREN (1960) 1993; 147:1085-9. [PMID: 8213681 DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1993.02160340071017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe birth-weight-specific differences in mortality risks between white and black Illinois infants by age at death and leading cause of death. DESIGN Population-based birth cohort study. SETTING State of Illinois. PATIENTS All Illinois infants who were born from 1980 through 1989 and reported to the Illinois Department of Public Health. The death certificates of these infants were matched to corresponding birth certificates using a computerized linkage algorithm. INTERVENTIONS None. RESULTS The high black infant mortality rate is attributable to higher mortality risks in the neonatal period for black, normal birth-weight infants and in the postneonatal period for all black infants, regardless of birth weight. CONCLUSION Efforts to narrow the black-white gap in infant mortality and to reduce black mortality should not be limited to reduction of low birth weight and premature birth in black infants but should also include efforts to reduce risk factors associated with mortality among normal birthweight black infants.
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Nelson MR, Barton SE, Hawkins DA, Gazzard BG. Blastomycosis in an HIV antibody positive male in the UK. Int J STD AIDS 1993; 4:176-7. [PMID: 8391857 DOI: 10.1177/095646249300400311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Nelson MR, Smith D, Erskine D, Gazzard BG. Ventricular fibrillation secondary to itraconazole induced hypokalaemia. J Infect 1993; 26:348. [PMID: 8389392 DOI: 10.1016/0163-4453(93)96203-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Nelson MR, Hawkins DA, Gazzard BG. Foscarnet in the treatment of cytomegalovirus esophagitis. Am J Med 1993; 94:446-7. [PMID: 8386438 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(93)90161-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Nelson MR, Erskine D, Hawkins DA, Gazzard BG. Treatment with corticosteroids--a risk factor for the development of clinical cytomegalovirus disease in AIDS. AIDS 1993; 7:375-8. [PMID: 8097096 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199303000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the frequency with which HIV-seropositive patients treated with corticosteroids develop cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. DESIGN Retrospective case-controlled study. METHODS All 130 patients receiving systemic corticosteroids over a 20-month period at the HIV Unit, Westminster Hospital, London, UK were reviewed for the development of clinical CMV disease within 28 days. The incidence of CMV disease in this group was compared with that in a cohort admitted during the same period, which was matched for admission diagnosis, HIV risk group, antiretroviral therapy and CD4 lymphocyte subset count (+/- 20%) at admission. RESULTS Eleven of the 130 patients given corticosteroids developed CMV disease within 28 days, compared with two patients in the case-controlled cohort. All patients who developed CMV disease had a CD4 count < 50 x 10(6)/l on admission. CONCLUSION The use of corticosteroids in patients with advanced immunosuppression due to HIV infection should be reviewed carefully in view of the possible increased incidence of CMV disease.
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Moyle GJ, Nelson MR, Hawkins D, Gazzard BG. The use and toxicity of didanosine (ddI) in HIV antibody-positive individuals intolerant to zidovudine (AZT). THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 1993; 86:155-63. [PMID: 8387218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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One hundred and fifty-one patients intolerant to zidovudine (AZT) received didanosine (ddI) to a maximum dose of 12.5 mg/kg/day. Patient response was assessed using changes in CD4+ lymphocyte subset count, HIV p24 antigen, weight, and quality of life. Seventy patients developed major opportunistic infections whilst on therapy; this was the first AIDS diagnosis in 17. Only minor changes in CD4+ lymphocyte subset count were observed in AIDS patients, although a more significant rise occurred in those with earlier stages of disease. Of those positive for p24 antigen at the commencement of the study 67% showed a positive response, and this was most likely in those with CD4+ lymphocyte subset counts above 100 mm3. A positive weight response was seen in 16% of patients. Most patients showed improvement in individual parameters and global score of quality of life. Adverse reactions possibly attributable to didanosine were common. The most common side-effect was diarrhoea, which resulted in cessation of therapy in 19 individuals. Peripheral neuropathy occurred in 12 patients and pancreatitis in six. Thirteen patients developed a raised serum amylase without abdominal pain. Seven patients developed glucose tolerance curves characteristic of diabetes but these were mild, did not require treatment and returned to normal on ceasing didanosine.
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Nelson MR, Moyle GJ, Gazzard BG. Use of didanosine in zidovudine-intolerant patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clin Infect Dis 1993; 16 Suppl 1:S59-62. [PMID: 8093848 DOI: 10.1093/clinids/16.supplement_1.s59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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One hundred fifty-one patients who were positive for antibody to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and intolerant of zidovudine received oral didanosine at a dose adjusted by weight to a maximum of 12.5 mg/(kg.d). After 1 year of follow-up, 49 patients were still receiving didanosine; 19 had died during therapy and 23 thereafter. Therapy had been discontinued in 10 cases because of continued deterioration in health and in the remainder because of adverse reactions. Only 11 of 38 patients with positive results in an ELISA for p24 antigen before therapy had a significant reduction in titer. CD4 lymphocyte subset counts were more likely to rise for patients who had only constitutional disease due to HIV than for those with AIDS. Eleven percent of treated patients gained > 2.5 kg. Diarrhea was the commonest side effect, occurring in 60% of cases. Pancreatitis developed in six cases (with two deaths) and asymptomatic hyperamylasemia in 13. Seven patients developed glucose tolerance in the diabetic range. Peripheral neuropathy was documented in 12 instances but was reversible on cessation of therapy in six.
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Nelson MR, Cartledge J, Barton SE, Gazzard BG. Fourniers gangrene following hyfrecation in a male infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. Genitourin Med 1992; 68:401-2. [PMID: 1487264 PMCID: PMC1194980 DOI: 10.1136/sti.68.6.401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Creutz CE, Kambouris NG, Snyder SL, Hamman HC, Nelson MR, Liu W, Rock P. Effects of the expression of mammalian annexins in yeast secretory mutants. J Cell Sci 1992; 103 ( Pt 4):1177-92. [PMID: 1487495 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.103.4.1177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The hypothesis that calcium-dependent membrane-binding proteins of the annexin family can influence intracellular membrane trafficking was tested by expressing five mammalian annexins in wild-type yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) and in 13 yeast secretory (sec) mutants. Expression of human synexin (annexin VII) inhibited the growth of sec2, sec4 and sec15 mutants at a semi-permissive temperature. These three sec mutants are defective in the final step in the secretory pathway, the process of exocytosis. The inhibition of growth correlated with reduced viability and increased accumulation of internal invertase in these mutants when expressing synexin. Bovine endonexin (annexin IV) partially suppressed the growth defect of a sec2 mutant incubated at a semi-permissive temperature. Human synexin, human lipocortin (annexin I), and murine p68 (annexin VI) reduced the lag time associated with adaptation of sec2 mutants to galactose-containing medium. These interactions suggest that the annexins may influence specific steps in membrane trafficking associated with cell growth, secretion and plasma membrane remodelling.
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Nelson MR, Shanson DC, Hawkins DA, Gazzard BG. Salmonella, Campylobacter and Shigella in HIV-seropositive patients. AIDS 1992; 6:1495-8. [PMID: 1362879 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199212000-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To study the incidence, clinical features, treatment and outcome of patients with Salmonella, Shigella or Campylobacter infection. DESIGN Retrospective analysis. SETTING Two dedicated HIV units within a London teaching hospital. METHODS All patients with Salmonella, Shigella or Campylobacter infection were reviewed retrospectively by correlating the records of the gastrointestinal and microbiology departments with the computerized records of all HIV-positive patients attending the two clinics. RESULTS Between July 1985 and June 1991, 56 episodes of Salmonella, 37 of Campylobacter and eight of Shigella infection were documented in HIV-seropositive patients. Shigella was most likely to occur early in HIV disease, whilst patients with Campylobacter or Salmonella were more likely to have had a previous AIDS diagnosis. Septicaemica was most common in patients with Salmonella and was especially likely to occur in individuals with an AIDS diagnosis. Relapse of infection was common in patients with Salmonella, especially in those with low CD4 lymphocyte counts, those with an initial septicaemic illness and those not treated with ciprofloxacin. CONCLUSIONS Patients with Salmonella who have low CD4 lymphocytes counts and/or a septicaemic illness should be considered for life-long secondary prophylaxis with ciprofloxacin because of the high rate of relapse observed. Administration of zidovudine or cotrimoxazole as prophylaxis against Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia may prevent the development of salmonellosis: significantly fewer patients with this infection were taking these drugs than patients with Campylobacter.
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Nelson MR, Lawrence AG, Staughton RC, Gazzard BG. Erythema dyschromicum perstans in an HIV antibody-positive man. Br J Dermatol 1992; 127:658-9. [PMID: 1476930 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1992.tb14886.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Daniels DG, Kell P, Nelson MR, Barton SE. Sexual behaviour amongst travellers: a study of genitourinary medicine clinic attenders. Int J STD AIDS 1992; 3:437-8. [PMID: 1286121 DOI: 10.1177/095646249200300608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Two hundred and fifty attendees at two London genitourinary medicine clinics were asked to complete an anonymous self-administered questionnaire, enquiring about sexual behaviour whilst abroad. Two hundred and forty-three questionnaires were evaluable. In the study group there were 116 women, and 127 men (62 heterosexuals and 65 homosexuals). Ninety women, 53 heterosexual men and 53 homosexual men had travelled abroad over the preceding 6 months. Of these 18 (20%) of women, 26 (51%) of heterosexual men and 19 (36%) of homosexual men had sex with a local foreign contact on holiday. Although both heterosexual and homosexual men were statistically more likely to have sex abroad with a local inhabitant, women were more likely to have unprotected sexual intercourse with a local partner. This has important implications for the spread of sexually transmitted disease including hepatitis B and HIV.
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Nelson MR, Daniels D, Dean R, Barton S, Gazzard BG. Staphylococcus aureus psoas abscess in a patient with AIDS. Int J STD AIDS 1992; 3:294. [PMID: 1504165 DOI: 10.1177/095646249200300414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Daniels DG, Nelson MR, Barton SE, Gazzard BG. Malignant otitis externa in a patient with AIDS. Int J STD AIDS 1992; 3:214. [PMID: 1616971 DOI: 10.1177/095646249200300313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nandi C, Nelson MR. Maternal pregravid weight, age, and smoking status as risk factors for low birth weight births. Public Health Rep 1992; 107:658-62. [PMID: 1333619 PMCID: PMC1403717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The Illinois Department of Public Health, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), monitors trends in the prevalence of prenatal risk factors that are major predictors of infant mortality and low birth weight (LBW). Analyzed data from CDC are available to the department annually. During 1988, a total of 26,767 records of Illinois women giving birth were submitted to CDC. These surveillance data support the fact that women older than 30 years who smoke and enter pregnancy underweight are at greatest risk of delivering LBW babies. Overall, 13.9 percent of underweight smokers had LBW infants compared with 8 percent of underweight nonsmokers. Prevalence of LBW among underweight and smoking women older than 34 years was much higher (29.6 percent) than among those between ages 30 and 34 (15.2 percent). The prevalence of LBW decreased as the pregravid weight increased among normal weight smokers (10 percent) and overweight smokers (8.6 percent).
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Connolly GM, Nelson MR, Barton SE, Gazzard BG. Problems in the management of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with AIDS. Int J STD AIDS 1991; 2:405-10. [PMID: 1664242 DOI: 10.1177/095646249100200602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nelson MR, Shanson DC, Hawkins D, Gazzard BG. Shigella in HIV infection. AIDS 1991; 5:1031-2. [PMID: 1777165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nelson MR, Barter G, Hawkins D, Gazzard BG. Simultaneous treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis with ganciclovir and foscarnet. Lancet 1991; 338:250. [PMID: 1676798 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(91)90385-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Nelson MR, Barton SE, Langtrey JA, Gazzard BG. Ecthyma gangrenosum without bacteraemia in an HIV seropositive male. Int J STD AIDS 1991; 2:295-6. [PMID: 1911966 DOI: 10.1177/095646249100200417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Nelson MR, Connolly GM, Hawkins DA, Gazzard BG. Foscarnet in the treatment of cytomegalovirus infection of the esophagus and colon in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Am J Gastroenterol 1991; 86:876-81. [PMID: 1647659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Foscarnet, administered via a central line, was used for the treatment of 18 episodes of cytomegalovirus (CMV) esophageal ulceration in 15 patients, and in the treatment of 27 episodes of CMV colitis in 22 patients. In 15 of the 18 episodes of the esophageal disease, there was complete loss of symptoms within 2 wk. Only three of the 15 patients responding to foscarnet therapy had a relapse of their esophageal disease. Two of these patients were successfully retreated with foscarnet. Of the 22 patients receiving foscarnet for CMV colitis, four died during foscarnet therapy. Of the 18 patients completing the course of treatment with foscarnet for first-episode CMV colitis, 11 remitted completely and six had a partial remission. All patients with partial remission had a second pathogen responsible for the continuation of their diarrhea. Only one patient completing a course of foscarnet failed to respond microscopically to treatment. Three patients experienced relapse of their CMV colitis, two of whom responded to further courses of foscarnet. Foscarnet is an effective therapy for CMV disease of the gastrointestinal tract, with rapid resolution of clinical symptoms, long-term remission of esophageal disease, and shorter disease-free periods for CMV colitis.
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Between July 1985 and January 1990, pseudomonas scepticaemia occurred in 19 out of 584 patients with AIDS attending the Westminster and St Stephen's AIDS Unit, London, UK. Ten of these 19 were being treated for active cytomegalovirus infection. Fourteen of the 19 patients had a central venous catheter in situ, which was the source of infection in 11. Seven patients died. Mortality was significantly greater in those patients infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, in those patients whose source of infection was not the central venous line, and in those patients whose central line was not removed.
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Dumitru D, Nelson MR. Posterior femoral cutaneous nerve conduction. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1990; 71:979-82. [PMID: 2241545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The posterior femoral cutaneous nerve is a sensory nerve comprised of fibers originating from the anterior and posterior divisions of the first three sacral segments. It exists the pelvis distal to the piriformis muscle and proceeds distally, superficial to and between the medial and lateral hamstring musculature. The nerve's major cutaneous distribution is the posterior aspect of the thigh and a variable area of the posterior calf. An electrophysiologic technique to assess the peripheral axons of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve is described. A recording electrode is placed 6cm proximal to the midpopliteal fossa and the nerve is stimulated supramaximally 12cm proximally on a line between the active electrode and the ischial tuberosity. A ground electrode is placed just proximal to the active recording electrode. The lower extremities of 40 individuals with a mean age of 34 years (20 to 78 years) were examined. The mean peak latency of the response is 2.8 (2.3 to 3.4) msec +/- 0.2msec with a mean amplitude of 6.5 (4.1 to 12.0) microV +/- 1.5 microV. This technique may facilitate the proximal evaluation of lower extremity peripheral neuropathies, lesions of the posterior femoral cutaneous nerve, or the assessment of the peripheral nervous system in persons with lower extremity amputations.
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Nelson MR, Bower M, Smith D, Reed C, Shanson D, Gazzard B. The value of serum cryptococcal antigen in the diagnosis of cryptococcal infection in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. J Infect 1990; 21:175-81. [PMID: 2230176 DOI: 10.1016/0163-4453(90)91727-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Serum cryptococcal antigen titres were measured in 828 HIV-infected patients with pyrexia, 69 of whom had meningism. Serum cryptococcal antigen was positive in 17 patients of whom 16 had meningism with cryptococcus isolated from their CSF. The other patient had no meningism, had no evidence of cryptococcal infection on repeated CSF examination and remains well. A positive serum cryptococcal antigen test was therefore valuable in the diagnosis of cryptococcal meningitis, although in all 16 patients meningism was present and a diagnostic lumbar puncture was therefore carried out. In our experience routine screening for serum cryptococcal antigen did not predict patients who subsequently developed cryptococcal meningitis.
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Coté TR, Nelson MR, Anderson SP, Martin RJ. The present and the future of AIDS and tuberculosis in Illinois. Am J Public Health 1990; 80:950-3. [PMID: 2368856 PMCID: PMC1404762 DOI: 10.2105/ajph.80.8.950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The relation between the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and tuberculosis (TB) was examined by matching the Illinois AIDS and TB registries. The match group was examined and compared with patients with only one disease by race, method of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission, site of tuberculous disease, radiographic findings, and results of Mantoux tests. The time of TB diagnosis was centrally distributed around the time of AIDS diagnosis; from this, it was determined that 4.1 percent of AIDS patients develop active TB. Projections for future AIDS cases were made by fitting a polynomial model to historical data. These projections were then used to predict the future impact of AIDS-related TB upon state TB rates. The rise in TB rates call for special efforts to minimize this impact.
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Goldbaum MH, Katz NP, Nelson MR, Haff LR. The discrimination of similarly colored objects in computer images of the ocular fundus. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1990; 31:617-23. [PMID: 2186008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The STARE (STructured Analysis of the REtina) project uses object-identification and artificial intelligence techniques to provide automated diagnoses from color pictures and fluorescein angiograms of the ocular fundus, or automated change detection from sequential images. As part of the object-identification process, we apply expert judgment and experimentation to define features--such as size, shape, color, and texture--of objects (disk, blood vessels, lesions) in digitized images. In our initial investigations, we explored color alone, because it yields a great deal of information in the classification process. We verified that even similarly colored lesions (exudates, cotton-wool spots, and drusen) could be classified by color with moderate success by a quadratic discriminant function. When color alone is not sufficient, refinement in the classification of objects may be achieved by using more features in statistical pattern recognition. Ultimately, we build a description of the fundus image which can be used either to identify one or more diagnoses that can cause the pattern of lesions in the ocular fundus or to recognize change in sequential images.
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Bower M, Barton SE, Nelson MR, Bobby J, Smith D, Youle M, Gazzard BG. The significance of the detection of cytomegalovirus in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in AIDS patients with pneumonia. AIDS 1990; 4:317-20. [PMID: 2161673 DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199004000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We performed a retrospective study on 112 patients with AIDS-related pneumonias who underwent bronchoscopy and in whom Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and/or cytomegalovirus (CMV) were identified in bronchoalveolar fluid (BAL). CMV was identified by detection of early antigen fluorescent foci (DEAFF) testing in cell cultures of BAL fluid. The short- and long-term survival of all patients was similar regardless of whether PCP, CMV or both were detected at bronchoscopy. Ten out of 14 patients with CMV alone and 13 out of 26 with both CMV and PCP were treated with anti-CMV therapy, but the short- and long-term mortality was similar to that in patients who had no specific antiviral therapy. Extrapulmonary recurrence of CMV (retinitis or gastrointestinal disease) occurred in 22% of patients with evidence of CMV in BAL compared with 16% of those with PCP alone, but this difference was not statistically significant and this recurrence rate was independent of anti-CMV therapy. Detection of CMV shedding from more than one site (BAL, urine, throat or blood) was associated with a worse prognosis at 3 months than in patients in whom CMV was detected in BAL alone. It does not appear that finding CMV shedding is a guide to the cause of pneumonia or an indication for treatment in AIDS patients.
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Currie DM, Nelson MR, Buck BC. Guillain-Barré syndrome in children: evidence of axonal degeneration and long-term follow-up. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1990; 71:244-7. [PMID: 2317145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A retrospective study was done of 12 children who met the NINCDS clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome and who were hospitalized with this diagnosis. Electrodiagnostic testing was sufficiently complete for interpretation of the neuropathophysiology in six children. Long-term outcome was determined through examination by a physician one to eight years after onset in all six children, and was supplemented by telephone follow-up with the children or their parents by the authors five to eight years after onset. Long-term clinical outcome was analyzed for any correlation between poor outcome and axonal degeneration. The electrodiagnostic tests were consistent with primarily axonal neuropathophysiology in three of the six children. Poor clinical outcome appeared to correlate with electrodiagnostic evidence of primarily axonal pathophysiology, or absence of an evoked M-response, or both.
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Carson W, Nelson MR. An historical look at the Registered Professional Nurses Club. THE FLORIDA NURSE 1990; 38:10. [PMID: 2178983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Warnicki JW, Rehkopf P, Cambier JL, Nelson MR. Development of an imaging system for ophthalmic photography. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY 1985; 53:9-17. [PMID: 3972767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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SummaryThis study investigated factors influencing child survival to age 5 years for a rural farm sample in Iloilo Province, Philippines. Children from better quality housing were more likely to live to age 5 than were children from worse quality housing. The life expectancy at birth, indirectly estimated by the Brass method, was 63·4 years for children from worse quality housing and 69·9 years for children from better quality housing. The implications are explored.
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Rizk IA, Stokes CS, Nelson MR. The influence of individual and community-level child mortality on fertility in Egypt. STUDIES IN COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1982; 17:74-86. [PMID: 12312042 DOI: 10.1007/bf02717342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Nelson MR, Tremaine JH. Physiochemical and serological properties of a virus from saguaro cactus. Virology 1975; 65:309-19. [PMID: 805493 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(75)90037-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Reynierse JH, Halliday RA, Nelson MR. Nonassociative factors inhibiting earthworm straight-alley performance. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGY 1968; 65:160-3. [PMID: 5648451 DOI: 10.1037/h0025423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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