Severe acquired immunodeficiency in male homosexuals, manifested by chronic perianal ulcerative herpes simplex lesions

• Published in: The New England journal of medicine Vol. 305; no. 24; pp. 1439 - 1444
• Main Authors: Siegal, F.P, Lopez, C, Hammer, G.S, Brown, A.E, Kornfeld, S.J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Massachusetts Medical Society 10.12.1981
• Subjects: Abdomen; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Adult; AIDS/HIV; Anergy; Antibiotics; Antigens; Anus Diseases - etiology; Biopsy; Candidiasis - complications; Cell-mediated immunity; Chronic Disease; Colonoscopy; Cytomegalovirus; Cytomegalovirus Infections - complications; Cytotoxicity; Fever; Fibroblasts; Herpes simplex; Herpes Simplex - etiology; Herpes Simplex - immunology; herpes simplex virus; Herpes viruses; Homosexuality; Hospitals; Humans; immune response; Immunity, Cellular; immunocompetence; Immunodeficiency; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes - etiology; Immunology; Infections; Infectious diseases; Inflammatory bowel disease; Kaposi's sarcoma; Killer Cells, Natural - immunology; Lectins; Liver; Lymphocytes; Lymphoma; Lymphopenia; Male; Men; mixed infection; Pain; Patients; Perianal ulcers; Pneumocystis carinii; Pneumonia, Pneumocystis - complications; Sarcoma, Kaposi - etiology; Simplexvirus - isolation & purification; Skin; Ulcer - etiology; Ulcers; Ultrasonic imaging

severe acquired cellular immunodeficiency in male homosexuals manifested by chronic perianal ulcerative herpes simplex lesions associated with other opportunistic microorganisms including cytomegalovirus, Pneumocystis carinii, and Candida albicans, case reports