TABLE 1.

Patient list

Patient	Disorder(s)a	No. of CD4+ T cells/μl of blood	No. of platelets (103)/mm3 of blood	Specimen obtainedb
				BM	Bld
A	TP, A, L	4	89	+	−
Bc	TP		69	+	−
C	TP	20	35	+	−
D	Nocardia infection	3	224	+	−
E	Asymptomatic	NDd	183	+	−
F	NHL	80	60	+	−
G	TB	30	27	+	−
H	HD	ND	191	+	−
I	Myeloma	700	256	+	−
J	HD	ND	142	+	+
K	HD	61	279	+	+
L	NHL	241	258	+	+

^aTP, HIV-associated thrombocytopenia; A, anemia; L, leukopenia; NHL, non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma; TB, tuberculosis; HD, Hodgkin’s disease. 

^bBM, bone marrow aspirate; Bld, blood. +, specimen obtained; −, no specimen obtained. 

^cRecords for this patient are not available. 

^dND, not determined.