Relationship between acute myelomonoblastic leukemia and infection due to human immunodeficiency virus

• Published in: Reviews of infectious diseases Vol. 13; no. 2; p. 254
• Main Authors: Murthy, A R, Ho, D, Goetz, M B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.1991
• Subjects: Adult; Blotting, Western; Cerebrospinal Fluid - microbiology; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Gene Products, gag - blood; HIV - isolation & purification; HIV Antibodies - blood; HIV Antigens - blood; HIV Core Protein p24; HIV Infections - complications; Humans; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute - complications; Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Acute - microbiology; Male; Tumor Cells, Cultured; Viral Core Proteins - blood

Infection due to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been complicated by the development of acute nonlymphocytic leukemia in five patients whose cases have previously been reported; other manifestations, including preleukemia, myelofibrosis, and myeloid hyperplasia, have also been reported in...