Characteristics of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in older adults
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Many older people might benefit from information about preventing HIV infection. Data from the Maryland AIDS Registry reveal that 2.7% of the people diagnosed with AIDS between 1981 and 1994 were 60 years old or older. A greater percentage were white compared to younger patients. Only 32% had contracted the virus via a blood transfusion, while drug abuse and sexual contact were other risk factors. Median life span in the elderly was only 9 months, compared to 22 months in young patients.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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Pemphigus vulgaris in older adults
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Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) in older adults appears to have a favorable prognosis. In a study of 18 PV patients who developed the disease at 65 years or older, 44.4% had localized disease that could be adequately controlled by corticosteroid injections. Of those who took oral corticosteroids, most responded to low doses. Only four needed immunosuppressive drugs. After 3 to 15 years of follow-up, most were in remission without treatment.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 1998
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