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To the Editor: Forty-two patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) (38 men and 4 women) presented with paronychia of the great toes during the period from September 1996 to September 1997. The median age of the patients was 36 years (range, 22 to 64); 36 were homosexuals, 3 were intravenous-drug users, and 3 were heterosexuals with no known risk factors. Thirty-six patients had AIDS.

The mean CD4 lymphocyte count was 255 per cubic millimeter (range, 16 to 892). Plasma HIV RNA was undetectable in 13 patients and ranged from 600 to 10 ⁶ copies per milliliter in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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