Opportunistic Infections: Major Report Available

A 134-page report on the current state of diagnosis,treatment, prophylaxis, and research on more than a dozen of the most common opportunistic infections was released January1997 by the Treatment Action Group (TAG). It is edited by Michael Marco and Mark Harrington of TAG, with an introduction by William G. Powderly, M.D., principal investigator of the AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at WashingtonUniversity Medical School in St. Louis. Both approved and experimental treatments are covered.

The opportunistic infections addressed are:

Viral Infections:

Herpes simplex virus I and II (HSV-1, HSV-2)

Varicella zoster virus (VZV)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis

CMV neurological diseases

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML)

Bacterial Infections:

MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM complex (MAC)

Fungal Infections:

Histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis,aspergillosis, and candidiasis

Cryptococcal meningitis

Protozoal Infections

Cryptosporidiosis

Microsporidiosis

PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII pneumonia (PCP)

Toxoplasmosis

THE OI REPORT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE TREATMENT & PROPHYLAXIS OF AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS (OIs) is available from the Treatment Action Group, 200 E. 10th St.,#601, New York, NY 10003, phone 212/260-0300, fax 212/260-8561. A $10 donation is requested, but the report will be provided regardless of ability to pay. The report is also available on the TAG Web site, http://www.aidsinfonyc.org/tag/.