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Cell-mediated immunity has been assessed in 20 patients with chronic tonsillitis with CNI multitest. The test was performed both prior to and after tonsillectomy. A reduced skin reactivity, especially after surgery, has been observed in patients as compared with a control group.
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Tonsilitis/inmunología , Enfermedad Crónica , Humanos , Inmunidad Celular , Pruebas CutáneasRESUMEN
It's evident nowadays, that the population of AIDS infected people will increase. In 88% cases the ENT specialists could be the first contact doctors for HIV-positive patients. This fact makes necessary for them to know as well as possible clinical symptoms, etiopathology and immunology of AIDS. The authors present in this paper some of these problems.
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Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/diagnóstico , Candidiasis/diagnóstico , Neoplasias Laríngeas/diagnóstico , Laringitis/diagnóstico , Infecciones Oportunistas/diagnóstico , Sarcoma de Kaposi/diagnóstico , Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida/complicaciones , Enfermedad Aguda , Candidiasis/etiología , Diagnóstico Diferencial , Humanos , Neoplasias Laríngeas/etiología , Laringitis/etiología , Laringitis/microbiología , Infecciones Oportunistas/etiología , Sarcoma de Kaposi/etiologíaRESUMEN
The authors present the problem with HIV positive patients which have an ear, nose and throat disease. ENT doctors are the group of high risk of AIDS. Up to now we haven't got a test useful for early diagnosis in AIDS (specially this period between infection and seroconversion+--"serological window"). This fact requires special cautions from ENT surgeons++. The authors describe the methods of individual prevention from AIDS and, the surgical instruments sterilization.