The Medical Management of AIDS

Part 1 The virus - its transmission and infection: current trends in the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS; molecular insights into HIV-1 infection; natural history and immunopathogenesis of HIV-1 disease; quantitation of HIV viral load - a tool for clinical practice?; limiting the risks of health care workers. Part 2 Management of HIV infections and their complications: primary HIV infection; initiating routine care for the HIV-infected adult; antiretroviral therapy; drug interactions and toxicities in patients with AIDS; alternative therapies for HIV; dermatologic care in the AIDS patient; oral complications of HIV infection; gastrointestinal tract manifestations of AIDS; management of neurologic complications of HIV-1 infection and AIDS; HIV disease - psychosocial issues and psychiatric complications; haematologic complications of HIV infection; cardiovascular complications of HIV infection; endocrinologic manifestations of HIV infection; renal complications of HIV infection. Part 3 Specific infections and malignant conditions: "pneumocystis carinii" pneumonia; disseminated "mycobacterium avium" complex and other bacterial infections; tuberculosis in persons with human immunodeficiency virus infection; cryptococcosis and other fungal infections (histoplasmosis, coccidiomycosis); AIDS-associated toxoplasmosis; bacillary angiomatosis and other unusual infections in HIV-infected individuals; management of herpesvirus infections (CMV,HSV, VZV); management of syphilis in HIV-infected persons; malignancies associated with AIDS. Part 4 Special aspects of AIDS: the chest film in AIDS; management of pregnant women with HIV infection; paediatric AIDS - perinatal transmission and early diagnosis; gender-specific issues in HIV disease; HIV nursing care.