AIDS Allergy and Rheumatology (Allergy and Immunology Book 3)

In Aids Allergy and Rheumatology, clinical experts survey the latest information available on the key rheumatic and allergic issues that physicians face in treating the HIV-infected patient. Their articles focus on the rheumatologic and dermatologic manifestations of HIV-1 infection, which include arthritis, myopathies, vasculitis, sicca syndrome, other autoimmune phenomena, and psoriasis. They also examine the question of allergic reactions in HIV patients, including drug hypersensitivity, with special attention given to adverse reactions to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, the most frequently prescribed anti-infective. Practical advice for the diagnosis and treatment of these problems is given in full. Aids Allergy and Rheumatology offers physicians a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of the allergic, immunologic, and rheumatic complications in HIV patients. Authoritative and practice-oriented, the book is destined to become a standard resource for all those treating AIDS patients today.

Leading clinical experts survey the latest information available on the key rheumatic and allergic issues that physicians face in treating the HIV-infected patient. The physicians focus on the rheumatologic and dermatologic manifestations of HIV-1 infection, which include arthritis, myopathies, vasculitis, sicca syndrome, other autoimmune phenomena, and psoriasis. They also examine the question of allergic reactions in HIV patients, including drug hypersensitivity, with special attention given to adverse reactions to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, the most frequently prescribed anti-infective. Practical advice for the diagnosis and treatment of these problems is given in full.

John A. Robinson

This monograph is yet another attempt to carve out an HIV/AIDS niche. Although the title suggests the thrust of the monograph will be devoted to allergy and rheumatology, a significant portion is devoted to the skin disease psoriasis and a simplified overview of somewhat outdated HIV immunology. Curiously, there is also a short chapter on the already well described HIV-linked adverse reaction to trimethoprim-sulfa methoxazole. The intended audience would appear to be students, rheumatologists, dermatologists, and allergists. The book gets off to a poor start with both the preface and the introduction not only beginning with the same two sentences but also repeating the oft-stated, but never documented HIV "silver lining" theorem that this virus has greatly expanded our understanding of the immune system. Redundant discussions of the Reiter's disease and psoriaitic arthritis in both the psoriasis and the rheumatology chapters escaped editorial pruning. All of the chapters are written as literature reviews and in catalog format. All the topics have been addressed in greater detail in more comprehensive HIV texts. The chapter on rheumatologic manifestations might suffice as a review for medical students and residents, but the book in general cannot be recommended.

Leading clinical experts survey the latest information available on the key rheumatic and allergic issues that physicians face in treating the HIV-infected patient. The physicians focus on the rheumatologic and dermatologic manifestations of HIV-1 infection, which include arthritis, myopathies, vasculitis, sicca syndrome, other autoimmune phenomena, and psoriasis. They also examine the question of allergic reactions in HIV patients, including drug hypersensitivity, with special attention given to adverse reactions to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, the most frequently prescribed anti-infective. Practical advice for the diagnosis and treatment of these problems is given in full.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

Front Matter....Pages i-vii AIDS Allergy and Rheumatology....Pages 1-2 T-Cells and Macrophages in HIV Disease....Pages 3-10 B-Lymphocytes and Autoantibody Profiles in HIV Disease....Pages 11-28 Rheumatologic Manifestations of HIV Infections....Pages 29-60 HIV and Psoriasis....Pages 61-75 Allergic Manifestations in AIDS....Pages 77-93 Adverse Reactions to Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole....Pages 95-99 Back Matter....Pages 101-102