[Blood histamine levels in patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus].
Serum histamine levels are significantly lowered in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Treatment with zidovudine has no effect on histaminaemia, but HIV-positive patients with thrombocytopenic purpura who underwent splenectomy are known to have had a rise in serum histamine levels after the operation. This parameter might be used as prognostic factor in the evaluation of patients with HIV infection.
Liotet
S
S
Centre hospitalier national d'Ophtalmologie des Quinze-Vingts, Paris.
Meyohas
M C
MC
Batellier
L
L
Chaumeil
C
C
Sainte Laudy
J
J
Fribourg Blanc
A
A
Frottier
J
J
D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006632:Histamine / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D011696:Purpura, Thrombocytopenic / Q000097:blood / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013997:Time Factors; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D015215:Zidovudine; D006632:Histamine
Histaminémie des malades infectés par le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.