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K Beck

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Mycobacterial disease associated with HIV infection.

Mycobacterial disease is a major part of the spectrum of opportunistic infections (OIs) associated with HIV infection. Mycobacterium avium intracellulare (MAI) and Mycobacterium tuberculosis are the most common mycobacterial pathogens afflicting HIV-positive patients. Infection with MAI tends to be an OI of advanced AIDS, and the results of treatment are frequently unsatisfactory. M. tuberculosis tends to attack patients much earlier in the course of their HIV disease, responds to standard treatment, and is the most contagious of the life-threatening HIV-related pathogens. This article provides concise information about the management of mycobacteriosis in the context of HIV infection. It is directed especially at primary care physicians. Emphasis is on clinical manifestation, diagnosis, therapy, and prevention.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome↗
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Hip dislocation and subluxation in cerebral palsy.

Four hundred sixty-four patients with cerebral palsy were reviewed. They were placed in four function groups: independent ambulators (n = 76), dependent ambulators (n = 43), independent sitters (n = 41), and dependent sitters (n = 304). The percentage of subluxated or dislocated hips increased from 7% for independent ambulators to 60% for dependent sitters. In the dependent sitters, a level pelvis or different degrees of pelvic obliquity did not correlate with whether the hip was located, subluxated, or dislocated. The subluxated or dislocated hip did not correlate with the high side or the amount of pelvic obliquity. Muscle imbalance around the hip and not the pelvic obliquity is the cause of the hip subluxation or dislocation.

Adolescent↗