Center for Disease Control (CDC) flow cytometry panel for human immunodeficiency virus infection allows recognition of infectious mononucleosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus or cytomegalovirus.

Aim: To analyze the distribution of lymphocyte subsets in the peripheral blood of patients with infectious mononucleosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) and to investigate the possible diagnostic usefulness of flow cytometry panel recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for HIV-1 infection.

Methods: The study included 130 immunocompetent adults with infectious mononucleosis caused by EBV (n=103) and CMV (n=27) and 50 controls. EBV-infected patients were divided into two groups based on typical (n=92) or atypical (n=11) clinical presentation of the disease.

Comparative analysis of azithromycin and ciprofloxacin in the treatment of chronic prostatitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.

A total of 89 patients, (>18 years), with symptoms of chronic prostatitis and inflammatory findings as well as the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis confirmed by DNA/RNA DIGENE hybridization method and/or by isolation, McCoy culture and Lugol stain in expressed prostatic secretion or in voided bladder urine collected immediately after prostatic massage, were examined. The patients were randomized to receive a total of 4.5 g of azithromycin for 3 weeks, given as a 3-day therapy of 1 x 500 mg weekly or ciprofloxacin 500 mg b.

Azithromycin and doxycycline in the treatment of female patients with acute urethral syndrome caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum: significance of duration of clinical symptoms.

One hundred ninety-two female patients with acute urethral syndrome caused by Ureaplasma urealyticum were examined. First, patients were divided into two groups: those with clinical symptoms present for less than 3 weeks before the start of treatment and those with clinical symptoms 3 weeks or longer before the beginning of therapy. The patients were then further divided into groups and randomized to receive azithromycin once daily in a single dose of 1 g or 500 mg once daily for 6 days, or to receive doxycycline 100 mg b.

Meningitis and endocarditis caused by group B streptococcus in a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patient.

We present a case of meningitis and endocarditis caused by Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) in an adult patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. To our knowledge, only four other cases of meningitis, none of which had concomitant endocarditis, have been reported so far. A 45-year-old homosexual patient presented with fever, confusion, and signs of meningeal irritation.

AIDS-related body cavity-based lymphoma. A case report.

Background: Body cavity-based lymphomas are rare malignancies in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients, but because of their unusual clinical, morphologic and immunophenotypic features, they are recognized as a distinct subgroup of lymphomas connected to human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection.

Case: A 39-year-old, HIV-positive, homosexual man was admitted to the hospital because of a left-sided pleural effusion that contained malignant lymphoid cells. He responded partially to a low-dose cyclophosphamide/doxorubycin/vincristine/prednisone regimen and died five months after the diagnosis of lymphoma.

DNA extraction from archival Giemsa-stained bone-marrow slides: comparison of six rapid methods.

The ability of six rapid DNA extraction procedures to provide DNA for the polymerase chain reaction from archival Giemsa-stained bone marrow slides was tested on 120 samples. Boiling in distilled water, freeze-thaw method, boiling in 10% Chelex-100 resin solution, proteinase K/Tween 20/NP-40 method coupled with simplified phenol/ chloroform/isoamyl alcohol protocol or salting-out procedure using saturated NaCl and modification of commercial QIAamp procedure (Qiagen. Chatsworth, Calif.

Cytologic and immunoenzymatic findings in CSF from patients with tick-borne encephalitis.

Objective: To evaluate the dynamics of cytologic changes in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) and to determine the various forms of mononuclear cells by immunocytochemical methods.

Study Design: To perform a cytologic analysis of 200 cells in stained sediment of CSF. To determine the population and subpopulation of mononuclear cells by using monoclonal antibodies.

Morphological and cytochemical characteristics of atypical mononuclear cells in the blood of patients with the syndrome of infectious mononucleosis caused by Epstein-Barr virus.

On the basis of their origin and morphologic and cytochemical characteristics, atypical mononuclear cells (AMNC) in the peripheral blood of patients with the syndrome of infectious mononucleosis caused by the Epstein-Barr (EB) virus can be classified into three groups, from I to III. The AMNC groups I are the most numerous (76.36% +/- 2.