Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the CDC reported:“In the period October 1980-May 1981, 5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California.
Two of the patients died. All 5 patients had laboratory-confirmed previous or current cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and candidal mucosal infection.”The CDC went on to give details about each case, noting that one had died just a month previously.“Patient 1: A previously healthy 33-year-old man developed P.
carinii pneumonia and oral mucosal candidiasis in March 1981 after a 2-month history of fever associated with elevated liver enzymes, leukopenia, and CMV viruria.“The patient’s condition.