Table 1.

Clinical data

PatientBCRK
Organ, mo/y of surgery Spleen, 03/97 Spleen, 12/97 Spleen, 02/98 Tonsil, 03/98  
Age, sex, mo/y of diagnosis 37, male, 10/93* 35, male, 06/89 38, male, 06/86 30, male, 06/94  
Plasma viral load (copies/mL) 5900 <50 (undetectable) <500 (undetectable) 820  
Blood CD4+ T lymphocytes per microliter 583 278 128 812  
Clinical data (CDC stage) ITP (B1) ITP (B2) Hodgkin's disease (B3) Tonsilitis (A2)  
Treatment (mo/y of initiation) None d4T, 3TC, IDV (06/97) d4T, 3TC, IDV (01/97) AZT, ddI (11/95)  
No. of white cells/white pulp or germinal center (mean ± SD, range; n = 24) 1.8 × 106 ± 1.0 × 106,
0.4 × 106 − 4.1 × 106 
3.4 × 105 ± 1.9 × 105, 1.2 × 105 − 8.3 × 105 8.1 × 104 ± 5.8 × 104, 2.0 × 104 − 21.3 × 104 1.2 × 106 ± 0.6 × 106, 0.2 × 106 − 2.3 × 106 
HLA alleles A30(19) A33(19) A1 A24 A1 A2 A3 
 B13 B 51(5) (autologous) B35 B63 B8 B18B62 
PatientBCRK
Organ, mo/y of surgery Spleen, 03/97 Spleen, 12/97 Spleen, 02/98 Tonsil, 03/98  
Age, sex, mo/y of diagnosis 37, male, 10/93* 35, male, 06/89 38, male, 06/86 30, male, 06/94  
Plasma viral load (copies/mL) 5900 <50 (undetectable) <500 (undetectable) 820  
Blood CD4+ T lymphocytes per microliter 583 278 128 812  
Clinical data (CDC stage) ITP (B1) ITP (B2) Hodgkin's disease (B3) Tonsilitis (A2)  
Treatment (mo/y of initiation) None d4T, 3TC, IDV (06/97) d4T, 3TC, IDV (01/97) AZT, ddI (11/95)  
No. of white cells/white pulp or germinal center (mean ± SD, range; n = 24) 1.8 × 106 ± 1.0 × 106,
0.4 × 106 − 4.1 × 106 
3.4 × 105 ± 1.9 × 105, 1.2 × 105 − 8.3 × 105 8.1 × 104 ± 5.8 × 104, 2.0 × 104 − 21.3 × 104 1.2 × 106 ± 0.6 × 106, 0.2 × 106 − 2.3 × 106 
HLA alleles A30(19) A33(19) A1 A24 A1 A2 A3 
 B13 B 51(5) (autologous) B35 B63 B8 B18B62 

ITP indicates idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura; d4T, stavudine; 3TC, lamivudine; IDV, indinavir; AZT, zidovudine.

*

Probable contamination in 1986.

HLA alleles shared between patient and target cells are underlined.

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