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The type and course of opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS or high-risk HIV infection have changed through the years as a result of therapeutic intervention. Although Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia is still the most common and serious infection, its incidence is declining at the same time that other AIDS-defining illnesses are on the rise. Dr Hughes examines the management of major opportunistic infections and also of tuberculosis, which is becoming more prevalent in association with HIV infection.
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Walter T. Hughes
Walter T. Hughes, MD Dr Hughes is chairman, department of infectious diseases, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, where he also holds the Arthur Ashe Chair in Pediatric AIDS Research. His research interests include infections of the immuno-suppressed host and AIDS.