A clinical approach on opportunistic diseases and AIDS

Authors

  • Regina Yamilet Sosa Díaz Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Juan Guiteras Gener”. Matanzas.
  • Caridad Fernández Rodríguez Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Juan Guiteras Gener”. Matanzas
  • Gretter Varona Cabrera Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Juan Guiteras Gener”. Matanzas
  • Yeinier Hechevarría Morales Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Juan Guiteras Gener”. Matanzas

Keywords:

AIDS-RELATED OPPORUNISTIC INFECTIONS, ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, HUMANS

Abstract

AIDS is the consequence of the HIV, infecting many cellular strains, mainly those expressing at their surface the coreceptor CD4. Precisely for being the Immune System its main target, it is able of inducing a remarkable cellular immunodeficiency in infected persons, inexorably leading to the beginning of many opportunistic infectious diseases that, as indicated by their definition, opportunely took advantage of the unfavorable situation created. Taking into account that AIDS is considered the Pandemic of the 20th and 21 st centuries, its social impact and the importance of its knowledge for health professionals, we decided to make a review of information on the opportunistic diseases that more frequently affect the AIDS patient.

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Sosa Díaz RY, Fernández Rodríguez C, Varona Cabrera G, Hechevarría Morales Y. A clinical approach on opportunistic diseases and AIDS. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2014 Mar. 6 [cited 2025 Jan. 22];31(2):188-94. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/605

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 2 (2009)

Section

Review article

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