Pathogenesis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus- Co-Infection.

Given that infection with () is the leading cause of death amongst individuals living with HIV, understanding the complex mechanisms by which exacerbates HIV infection may lead to improved treatment options or adjuvant therapies. While it is well-understood how HIV compromises the immune system and leaves the host vulnerable to opportunistic infections such as , less is known about the interplay of disease once active is established. This review explores how glutathione (GSH) depletion, T cell exhaustion, granuloma formation, and TNF-α upregulation, as a result of infection, leads to an increase in HIV disease severity.

Psoriasis in the third age.

This study was performed during a 10-year period at several hospitalization centres from various districts in Slovenia and Croatia. The number of elderly patients, above 65 years, compared with the total number of inpatients in the aforementioned departments and clinics in the course of 10 years ranged from 12% to 25%. The percentage of psoriatics, according to the total number of elderly in-patients was 1.