Article
Diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome in children and adults infected with HIV-1: a model of rheumatic illness caused by acquired viral infection.
American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) - 1 Jan 2000
Itescu S
Abstract excerpt
Certain maternal/infant pairs, as well as other high-risk adults, develop a host-response HIV-1 infection characterized by circulating and tissue infiltrative CD8 T-cell lymphocytosis, termed Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome (DILS). DILS primarily occurs in the salivary glands, lungs, renal interstitium, and gastrointestinal tract. DILS differs from Sjogren's syndrome in the degree of salivary gland...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Animals
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- HIV Infections
- HLA-B35 Antigen
