HIV AIDS

Incomplete adherence with anti-retroviral therapy can be associated with higher levels of residual HIV-1 viremia, according to a new study. Details here.

People with HIV infection are at high risk for invasive meningococcal disease. Current guidelines do not recommend vaccination against meningococcal disease for patients with HIV infection, but these patients can choose to be vaccinated.

Nondisclosure of HIV status is behavior with powerful implications for clinical trial enrollment. Could it happen in clinical care? Do we need to be wary? The question remains open.

A new retrospective analysis looks at the incidence of infection with common scourge Clostridium difficile in the specific context of HIV infection.

A classic sign helps determine the diagnosis. Do you recognize it?

Helios is 80 years old and was given a diagnosis of HIV infection in 1994. He's still taking the same combination of work-horse antiretrovirals he started with. I wanted to talk about changes. Helios didn't.

Cancer survivors have no consensus guidelines that outline optimal ongoing monitoring, prevention, or wellness strategies. In that absence, ASCO advocates a shared-care model for primary care physicians and oncologists.

Patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV can develop rapidly progressive liver fibrosis.

First of all, it is important to know what exactly is meant by “the best.”

Discitis, a bacterial infection within the vertebral disc, typically results from seeding during an episode of bacteremia.

A 46-year-old man with a history of HIV infection presents to the emergency department for left flank pain. A lateral x-ray film of the patient’s lumbar spine is shown. What is the diagnosis?

Time to virologic failure among black patients on antiretroviral therapy was significantly shorter than for whites.

Pneumatosis cystoides intestinalisa rare condition, is characterized by gaseous cysts within the submucosal and subserosal spaces of the bowel wal

In hospitalized HIV patients, medication errors are common and can be mitigated by enlisting ID specialists.

The association of missed visits and increased mortality in HIV-infected patients is related to factors other than access to care.

Thirty-day hospital readmission rates in adults infected with HIV are driven largely by CD4+ count and length of stay.

“STD organisms are all part of an ecological pool that simply share one thing in common: sex," says the author of a new study. Testing for all important STD pathogens is the only way to detect all agents that might be involved in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. Details here.

HIV infection had ravaged Amber's immune system, but not her spirit. Here, her story told by the physician who continues to walk with her.

HIV occupational exposure leads to an estimated 1000 HIV infections among healthcare workers every year worldwide.

Current antiretrovial therapy is, on average, equally effective in both sexes and thus can be used in a similar way to treat HIV-infected men and women.

Lumbar puncture in cases of suspected meningitis should be performed before CT scan.

Rhabdomyolysis is linked to infection in up to 31% of cases. However, only 19 cases of rhabdomyolysis related to E coli infection have been reported.

Coinfection with HIV and HCV presents a problem: many of the drugs used routinely to treat HIV have adverse interactions with the newer, and older, treatments for HCV.

This week’s questions cover a range of disorders-from infectious disease to GI problems, to HIV/AIDS. See how well you do . . .

Age; proton pump inhibitor us; immunosuppression; BMI: which of these is not a risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection?

Mycobacterium avium complex enteritis; cytomegalovirus; Whipple disease; sprue: what endoscopic findings reveal the cause of worsening diarrhea in this HIV-infected man with a CD4 cell count of 32/μL?

Eosinophilic ascites is an extremely rare presenting sign of hypereosinophilic syndrome.

To gain a better understanding of this national and global epidemic and its impact, consider these key facts and figures.

Not only does the welcome long-term survival of HIV-infected patients put them at risk of ordinary age-related bone loss, antiretroviral therapy leads to a decline in bone mineral density. What can be done?

HIV-infected men had a 2-fold increased risk of non–virus-related, non–AIDS-defining cancers compared with the general population living in the same area.