Laboratory Monitoring of Patients with HIV Infection
Patients with CD4+ T cell counts <200/L are at high risk of disease from P. jiroveci, while patients with CD4+ T cell counts <50/L are at high risk of disease from CMV, mycobacteria of the M. avium complex (MAC), and/or T. gondii. Patients with HIV infection should have CD4+ T cell measurements performed at the time of diagnosis and every 3&
Climate change will seriously impact human health
by increasing the incidence of several diseases
Cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and respiratory diseases
Caused by heat waves and air pollution
Gastroenteritis and infectious diseases epidemics
Caused by water and food contamination as a consequence of floods, and disruption of clean water supplies and sewage treatment, after heavy rai
Allergic Disease
Increased serum total IgE is not a sensitive test and is of limited clinical value but extreme values may be helpful :
Very low levels(<50ug/L) help exclude atopic disease but not IgE sensitivity to special allergens such as penicillin or Hymenoptera venoms.
If level is >900ug/L, atopic disease is likely but tests for specific allergens are needed.
되면 obliterative bronchiolitis와 permanent lung disease가 나타나게 된다.
Human Metapneumovirus (MPV)
-hMV는 paramyxoviridae의 negative single-stranded RNA virus이다.
-주로 어린이나, 나이든사람, 면역억제치료를 받고 있는 환자들에게서 upper and lower respiratory infection에 관여한다.
-MPV는 bronchiolitis와 pneumonia를 유발한다.
∥. Description of disease
1.정의
폐렴이란 폐포에 생기는 염증을 말한다. 이것을 보다 구체적으로 설명하면 우리가 호흡을 하기 위해서 공기는 코, 인두, 후두 등의 상기도를 지나 기관지, 모세기관지, 폐포 등의 하기도에 도달해야 한다. 이러한 호흡과 관계되는 기관에 염증이 생기는 것을 호흡기 질환