Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the patients included in this study

Case number	HIV infection	Age	Gender	Race	Neuropathology	Other pathologies
1(99–112)	Negative	47	Female	Caucasian	N/A	Synovial sarcoma and fibrinous pericarditis
2(99–113)	Negative	66	Male	Caucasian	N/A	Massive pulmonary consolidation secondary to diffuse alveolar damage (ARDS). Cryptogenic cirrhosis complicated with portal hn, upper GI bleed due to ulcers, hepatic encephalopathy, corpulmonate, chronic renal failure.
3(99–114)	Negative	58	Female	Caucasian	N/A	End-stage liver disease secondary to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
4(99–132)	Negative	55	Male	Caucasian	N/A	Sudden Cardiac death in a setting of moderate-severe coronary artery disease
5(01–126)	HIV+	44	Male	Caucasian	Dementia	Brain: microglial activation, microglial nodules, and astrocytosis. Microglial nodules found in striatum, inferior temperoal lobe & midbrain. Widespread giosis & microglil activation. No multinucleated giant cells. No other infectious processes, with exception of microglial nodules. Pt. Has 10 yrs. hx of AIDS. No clincial dementia.
6(96–100)	HIV+	55	Male	Caucasian	N/A	Cortical brain thrombosis. Intracerebral hemorrh. And necrosis. AIDS
7(96–102)	HIV+	35	Male	Caucasian	N/A	Atypical leptomeningeal lymphocytosis, consistent with non-hodgkins lymphoma, small cell type. Cause: AIDS
8(96–103)	HIV+	54	Male	Caucasian	N/A	Cause of death is AIDS. No pathologic alterations found in brain