title: [Rhinosinusitis in AIDS patients].
abstract: We examined microbic infections and topical immunity in 36 AIDS patients with rhinosinusitis (AIDS CDC stage IV b-d) who had an average serum CD4 count of 90/microliters. We also examined the presence of the HIV genome in nasal mucous. Microbiological examination revealed an increased number of fungal infections in addition to bacterial infections with multiresistant strains. There was no evidence of CD4-T cells or HIV reverse transcriptase. The size of study was too small to permit generalised conclusions about the infectious risk of nasal mucous.
authors.affiliation: HNO-Klinik Med. Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wurzer
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Heppt
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weidauer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rösen-Wolff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartmann
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence / Q000276:immunology; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D009181:Mycoses / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012852:Sinusitis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology
vernacular_title: Rhinosinusitis bei AIDS-Patienten.