Effect of Stavudine on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Virus Load as Measured by Quantitative Mononuclear Cell Culture, Plasma RNA, and Immune Complex-Dissociated Antigenemia
Griffith B, Brett-Smith H, Kim G, Mellors J, Chacko T, Garner R, Cheng Y, Alcabes P, Friedland G. Effect of Stavudine on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Virus Load as Measured by Quantitative Mononuclear Cell Culture, Plasma RNA, and Immune Complex-Dissociated Antigenemia. The Journal Of Infectious Diseases 1996, 173: 1252-1255. PMID: 8627080, DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntiviral effectHuman immunodeficiency virus type 1Peripheral blood mononuclear cellsImmunodeficiency virus type 1Effects of stavudineWeeks of therapyTime pointsBaseline median valuesBlood mononuclear cellsMononuclear cell culturesVirus type 1Antigen levelsMononuclear cellsPolymerase chain reactionVirus loadPlasma RNAWeek 4Baseline valuesImmune complexesStavudineVirus titersType 1Chain reactionPatientsTherapyUse of a quantitative cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia test in evaluating HIV+ patients with and without CMV disease.
Wetherill PE, Landry ML, Alcabes P, Friedland G. Use of a quantitative cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigenemia test in evaluating HIV+ patients with and without CMV disease. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 1996, 12: 33-7. PMID: 8624758, DOI: 10.1097/00042560-199605010-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, ViralCross-Sectional StudiesCytomegalovirusCytomegalovirus InfectionsCytomegalovirus RetinitisFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHIV SeropositivityHIV-1HumansLeukocytesMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRetrospective StudiesViral Matrix ProteinsViremiaConceptsCMV antigenemia testCMV diseaseAntigenemia testCMV antigenemiaHIV diseaseCytomegalovirus antigenemia testPositive CMV antigenemiaLife-threatening infectionsDiagnostic techniquesAntigenemia levelsAntigenemia resultsCMV retinitisCytomegalovirus infectionCMV cultureClinical evidenceOphthalmologic examPatientsDiseaseRapid diagnosisAntigenemiaInfectionDiagnosisQuantitative diagnostic techniqueRetinitisHIV