HIV, AIDS, and One Year Later: No Rest for Christne Maggiore

There is apparently no rest for Christine Maggiore. Exploited by AIDS Denialists throughout her bout with HIV infection, the manipulation of facts and twisting of reality continues one year after her sad death. Christine Maggiore tested HIV positive in 1992, as proven by her HIV positive test results shown in the film House of Numbers. Christine died of pneumonia and disseminated herpes (an AIDS defining condition) as shown on her Death Certificate.

Now we see an autopsy summary that includes her having another AIDS defining condition, Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia (PCP) - although the actual autopsy report is unavailable and her Death Certificate shows no autopsy was conducted. Yet, the report states that Christine Maggiore did not die of AIDS. Rather, she died of antibiotic poisoning.

Coincidentally(?), we are to believe that her baby Eliza Jane Scovill also died of antibiotics despite the official report by the Los Angeles Coroner that ruled she died from complications of AIDS. At first, AIDS Denialists claimed that Christine Maggiore died from a ‘bad detox’. Then there was speculation that she died from the stress caused by the Law and Order SVU television episode that portrayed her AIDS Denial. Now it seems Law and Order is off the hook and antibiotics killed Christine.


The report of Christine Maggiore’s death is offered by Dr. Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati, who received his Bachelors of Science from the University of Baghdad, College of Veterinary Medicine in 1975. His training then took him to the University of Cairo where he completed his Masters Thesis titled “Histopathological and histochemical changes in the adrenal glands of the Egyptian Buffalo with follicular cysts and inactive ovaries.” Al-Bayati received his doctorate from the University of California Davis in Human Pathology, Toxicology, Immunology, and Biochmestry.

Al-Bayati is a consultant on adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals, including the evils of vaccines. The limited research he has published has been nearly exclusively on rats and mice. He has never conducted research on HIV or on humans. Still, he claims that HIV is harmless and that everything from crack cocaine, alkyl nitrites, malnutrition, AZT, protease inhibitors and of course antibiotics cause AIDS.

Al-Bayati is most notorious for his critique of the Los Angeles County coroner’s report for Eliza Jane Scovill, Christine Maggiore’s three-year-old daughter who died of AIDS. In one of the more obscene Internet postings in HIV/AIDS denialism, Al-Bayati has exploited the deaths of children by printing their autopsy reports in a dubious journal and posting the reports online. The obscenities continue with this new ‘report’ on Christine Maggiore’s death.

I have excerpted the first sections and the final conclusion from Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati’s report “Analysis of causes that led to Christine Maggiore’s acute renal and cardiac failure, pulmonary edema, and death” which is available at Rethinking AIDS website, where the exploitation of Christine Maggiore continues.

Analysis of causes that led to Christine Maggiore’s acute renal and cardiac failure, pulmonary edema, and death

Mohammed Ali Al-Bayati Ph.D., DABT, DABVT

Christine Maggiore was diagnosed with pneumonia on December 18, 2008 and was treated with antibiotics (Gentamicin, Rocephin, Azithromycin), Acyclovir, Fluconazole and corticosteroids. She also received Meyer’s cocktail, vitamin C, and calcium IV. She died on December 27,2008. She was 52 years of age.

Christine suffered fatal renal failure caused by antibiotics, antiviral, and calcium received during the 9 days prior to her death. The microscopic examination of the H & E stained sections of her kidneys revealed the presence of changes consistent with acute tubular necrosis. There were also changes consistent with mild nephrosclerosis.

Christine’s acute renal failure led to development of acute left ventricular heart failure, pulmonary congestion, and pulmonary edema. Christine’s pericardial sac and left chest cavity contained 100 mL and 200 mL of clear light brown serious fluid, respectively. Christine’s right and left lungs weighted 1319 and 1307 g, respectively. Her total lung weight was 2626 g, which is 750% of the average normal lung weight. The autopsy, pathology, and the clinical data and observation described in this report show clearly that Christine did not suffer from any AIDS indicator illness during the 2 years prior to her death or at the time of her death.

The gross and microscopic examination of Christine lymphoid organs and bone marrow appeared normal. The growth of P. jiroveci observed in Christine’s lungs and other tissues resulted from her treatment with corticosteroids during the 9 days prior to her death.

Dr. David M. Posey performed the autopsy in Christine’s case and his gross autopsy examination was completed on January 12, 2009. He stated that Christine was a well-developed and well-nourished Caucasian woman who appeared younger than her age of 52 years. She measured 66 inches in length and weighed 145 pounds.

Examination of Christine’s chest and abdominal cavities revealed that her organs were normally placed with no adhesions in these cavities noted. Her pericardial sac and left chest cavity contained 100 mL and 200 mL of clear light brown serous fluid, respectively.

Dr. Posey’s gross examination of Christine’s lungs revealed severe pulmonary edema and congestion. Christine’s right and left lungs weighted 1319 and 1307 g, respectively. His microscopic examinations of H & E stained sections of her lungs demonstrated severe congestion and edema. There was marked alveolar distention by frothy eosinophilic proteinaceous exudates. Diffuse alveolar damage was noted in both lungs. There was also proliferation of type 2 pneumocytes with modest infiltrates of acute and chronic inflammatory cells.

Posey’s microscopic examination of Christine’s organs revealed the following abnormalities in her kidneys, heart, liver, and thyroid gland: a) The presence of changes consistent with acute tubular necrosis in both kidneys. There were also changes consistent with mild nephrosclerosis; b) mild interstitial edema in the heart; c) benign focal nodular hyperplasia in the liver; and d) microscopic benign follicular adenoma in the thyroid gland.

In addition, growth of Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) was observed on the H & E stained sections of lungs, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, and bone marrow and confirmed on the Gomori methenamine silver (GMS) preparation. The gross and microscopic examinations of Christine’s brain, thymus, spleen, lymph node, bone marrow, brain, and other organs were unremarkable.

Christine’s husband and his attorney requested that I evaluate the medical evidence in Christine’s case and give my opinion concerning the likely causes that led to her illness and sudden death. I am a toxicologist and pathologist with over 20 years experience in these fields. I have evaluated many cases of children and adults who died suddenly from unexplained causes and cases of children and adults who suffered from acute and/or chronic illnesses. I was able to explain the causes of illnesses and death in these cases using differential diagnosis.

I have also served as an expert witness in many medical-legal cases involving children and adults. I have published over 45 articles in medical and scientific journals.

I evaluated Christine’s medical records, autopsy report, and the pertinent articles cited in this report using differential diagnosis. My investigation in this case reveals the following: 1) Christine suffered fatal renal failure caused by the medications received during the 9 days prior to her death as indicated by the clinical and medical studies described in Section IV of this report.

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Conclusions

Christine did not suffer from any AIDS indicator illness during the 2 years prior to her death and at the time of her death. It has been reported that Christine’s serum was tested positive for HIV with subsequent testing indeterminate in the 1990s. The clinical findings in Christine clearly challenge the clinical and the scientific validity of her HIV test.