Idiopathic CD4+ T-Lymphocytopenia -- An Analysis of Five Patients with Unexplained Opportunistic Infections

Abstract

Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia differs from HIV infection in its immunologic characteristics and in its apparent lack of progression over time. Nothing about the immunologic or viral-culture studies performed in these patients or about their family members or blood donors suggests that a transmissible agent causes this condition.