This Publication Is Searchable The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy Section 11. Hematology And Oncology Chapter 145. As clinical AIDS develops, virtually all patients manifest anemia. Diagnosis is often facilitated by examination and culture of the bone marrow.
Antiretroviral therapy can also be a factor in progressive anemia.
However, symptomatic anemia of any cause can be relieved with transfusion of packed RBCs. Erythropoietin may also be used to treat the anemia associated with antineoplastic therapy. Anemia caused by parvovirus can be relieved with an intravenous commercial immunoglobulin preparation. For anemia due to M. avium-intracellulare, treatment of the infection itself is necessary. All rights reserved.