Your patient has a three month history of weight loss, night sweats, and swollen lymph nodes. He has been seen for numerous opportunistic infections. These are infections by pathogens that usually do not cause significant disease in humans. He has a history of IV drug abuse and admits to having shared used needles with other drug abusers. You suspect he has Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The virology lab is having technical difficulties right now and is unable to test for the
Your patient has a three month history of weight loss, night sweats, and swollen lymph nodes. He has been seen for numerous opportunistic infections. These are infections by pathogens that usually do not cause significant disease in humans. He has a history of IV drug abuse and admits to having shared used needles with other drug abusers. You suspect he has Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The virology lab is having technical difficulties right now and is unable to test for the
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Your patient has a three month history of weight loss, night sweats, and swollen lymph nodes. He has been seen for numerous opportunistic infections. These are infections by pathogens that usually do not cause significant disease in humans. He has a history of IV drug abuse and admits to having shared used needles with other drug abusers. You suspect he has Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The virology
lab is having technical difficulties right now and is unable to test for the presence of Human Immunodeficiency virus. However, the hematology lab is able to test for the presence of different types of lymphocytes. If patient does have AIDS, which type of lymphocyte would be most affected and would the numbers of this lymphocyte be increased or decreased?
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