title: AIDS. A CSF laboratory experience on 470 cases in a 7 year time period.
abstract: In a seven year time period (July 1984 to June 1991) were studied CSF samples of 36,216 new patients, 470 of them infected by HIV. Number of AIDS patients represents 1.30% of total cases examined in the laboratory during this time period. Normal CSF was observed in only 16 cases (3.4%). Associated pathologies occurred in 66% of cases. Opportunistic infections predominated among them (227 cases). Data support indication for CSF examination in HIV infected patients. This exam must be as complete as possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Livramento
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Machado
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Vianna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Spina-França
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged