沙利度胺（thalidomide）是一种镇静、止吐药，近来亦用作免疫抑制剂。作者主要研究了沙利度胺治疗HIV感染病人口腔、咽、食管和直肠溃疡的疗效。选自1989年7月至1993年3月间收治的20例HIV病人，组织培养及梅毒血清学检查排除单纯疮疹病毒、巨细胞病毒、细菌和真菌感染引起的溃 Thalidomide is a sedative, antiemetic drug that has recently also been used as an immunosuppressive agent. The authors studied the efficacy of thalidomide in the treatment of oral, pharyngeal, esophageal and rectal ulceration in HIV-infected patients. Twenty patients with HIV who were admitted to our hospital from July 1989 to March 1993 were screened for tissue culture and syphilis serology to rule out herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, bacterial and fungal infections