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D W Potts

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PubMed1990

Office management of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)--1990.

Human immunovirus (HIV) infections and related diseases continue to consume a major portion of health care resources nationwide and in the state of Oklahoma. There were 162 new cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) diagnosed in Oklahoma in 1989 and an additional 347 cases of other HIV infections were reported. It appears almost certain that few physicians in practice, if any, will escape seeing HIV-related illnesses. It is, therefore, important that all physicians have an adequate understanding of the basic management of these related illnesses. The reader is referred to our original article in the October 1988 issue of the Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, which outlined the office management of HIV-positive patients. The current paper represents an update on this problem. Many of the original tenets and descriptions of management remain the same, and they will not be repeated.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
PubMed1988

Bacillus species pseudomeningitis.

A cluster of cerebrospinal fluid Gram's stains showing gram-positive bacilli and of cerebrospinal fluid cultures growing Bacillus species in a large community teaching hospital prompted an epidemiologic and microbiologic investigation. Pseudomeningitis was suspected and confirmed when cultures of uninoculated commercial trypticase soy broth with 5% Fildes enrichment grew Bacillus species. Secondary contamination of the pipettes used for inoculation accounted for the positive cerebrospinal fluid Gram's stains. The costs of this pseudo-outbreak included unnecessary antibiotic therapy, lumbar punctures, and hospitalization. Such adverse effects can be minimized by increased physician awareness of pseudoinfections and by prompt investigation of such occurrences.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1979

Influenza 1978.

During January and February 1978, an outbreak of respiratory infection occurred at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Both influenza A/Texas and A/USSR were isolated in the hospitalized patients. Two different strains of influenza A have not previously been documented during a single outbreak. This raises the possibility of recombination with emergence of a new antigenic strain.

Adult↗