Epidemiologic Notes and Reports 409 Follow-Up on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis Pneumonia ACIP Recommendation

Follow-Up on Kaposi's Sarcoma and Pneumocystis Pneumonia Twenty-six cases of Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and 15 cases of Pneumocystis carin ii pneu monia (PCP) among previously healthy homosexual men were recently reported [1,2). Since Ju ly 3, 1981, CDC has received reports of an additional 70 cases of these 2 condi tions in persons without known underlying disease. The sex, race, sexual preference, and mortality data known for 108 persons with either or both conditions are summarized •n Table 1. The majority of the reported cases of KS and/or PCP have occurred in white men. Patients ranged in age from 15-52 years; over 95 % were men 25-49 years of age. Ninety-four percent (95/101) of the men for whom sexual preference was known were homo sexual or bisexual. Forty percent of the reported cases were fatal. Of the 82 cases for which the month of diagnosis is known, 75 (91%) have occurred since January 1980, with 55 (67%) diagnosed from January through July 1981. Although physicians from several states have reported cases of KS and PCP among previously healthy homosexual men, the majority of cases have been reported from New York and California