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Edited by Alimuddin Zumla, Margaret Johnson, and Robert Miller. 429 pp. New York, Chapman & Hall, 1997. $139.95. ISBN 0-412-60140-0.

The importance of the lung in the manifestations of HIV infection has been recognized from the time of the earliest cases. The first reports of the disease noted an increase in susceptibility to Pneumocystis carinii, one of the unusual infectious organisms that led to AIDS. Once the virus was isolated and screening became possible, it was realized that HIV was a major cause of the increased incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In Africa, HIV has become endemic. On that continent, HIV infection has increased morbidity and mortality from routine bacterial infection.

This book is the product of an interesting collaboration among . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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