Does access to health care impact survival time after diagnosis of AIDS?

abstract：:Pregnant women living with HIV are at risk for loss to follow-up and viral rebound after delivery. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of women with HIV who delivered at Parkland Hospital, Dallas, to identify factors associated with postpartum loss to HIV care 1 year after delivery. Logistic regression was used ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Adhikari EH,Yule CS,Roberts SW,Rogers VL,Sheffield JS,Kelly MA,McIntire DD,Barnes A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to estimate racial/ethnic differences in retention in HIV care and viral suppression and to identify related individual and neighborhood determinants. Florida HIV surveillance records of cases aged ≥13 years diagnosed during the years 2000-2014 were analyzed. Retention in care was defin...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Sheehan DM,Fennie KP,Mauck DE,Maddox LM,Lieb S,Trepka MJ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric syphilis in the setting of HIV is rare in the literature with only one other case reported. Herein, we present a case of a 40-year-old HIV-infected man with gastric syphilis. Evaluation revealed a rapid plasma reagin (RPR) of 1:2056, and cerebrospinal fluid with evidence of neurosyphilis. An esophagogastroduod...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Guerrero AF,Straight TM,Eastone J,Spooner K

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) is a commonly used HIV antiretroviral. A relatively uncommon adverse effect of this drug is Fanconi syndrome. What is known about this toxicity, especially in regards to concomitant medication use and outcomes, is limited to isolated case reports and small case series. Therefore, a ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Gupta SK

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections of the liver and biliary tract are common during the course of AIDS. A variety of viral, bacterial, fungal, and other opportunistic infections can present with hepatobiliary involvement as either the primary site of infection or secondary to a disseminated process. Coinfection with hepatitis B and C are par...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Keaveny AP,Karasik MS

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complications of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination have been reported in immunocompetent as well as in immunocompromised individuals. Severe and/or late complications have been associated with impairment of cell-mediated immunity. A case of BCG lymphadenitis in a vertically infected HIV-positive boy 9.5 years...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Hofstadler G,Schmitt K,Tulzer G,Binder L,Brandstetter B

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV vaccine availability does not guarantee uptake. Given suboptimal uptake of highly efficacious and already accessible vaccines in the United States, low vaccine coverage in the developing world, and the expectation that initial HIV vaccines will be only partially efficacious, the public health community will face f...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Newman PA,Duan N,Rudy ET,Anton PA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The threat of social stigma may prevent people living with HIV from revealing their status to others and serve as a barrier to HIV treatment adherence. We evaluated the effect of such concerns on self-reported treatment adherence using a short, three-item measure among 204 people living with HIV. Overall, the mean age...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Rintamaki LS,Davis TC,Skripkauskas S,Bennett CL,Wolf MS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a demonstration project to design, implement, and evaluate a risk-reduction intervention delivered by medical providers to patients with HIV during routine care in 2005 and 2006. Medical providers at seven HIV clinics in the United States received training to deliver an intervention in which they screened...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Gardner LI,Marks G,O'Daniels CM,Wilson TE,Golin C,Wright J,Quinlivan EB,Bradley-Springer L,Thompson M,Raffanti S,Thrun M

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased lopinavir (LPV) exposure obtained in vivo through combination with low-dose ritonavir may overcome a certain grade of resistance but not all. We sought to analyze LPV variability and possible risk factors. LPV trough plasma concentrations were determined by high-performance liquid chromatography after 1, 4, ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Torti C,Quiros-Roldan E,Tirelli V,Regazzi-Bonora M,Moretti F,Pierotti P,Orani A,Maggi P,Cargnel A,Patroni A,De Luca A,Carosi G,RADAR Study Group of the Master Cohort.

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistent air leak and failure of the lung to expand completely after closed thoracostomy complicate the course of spontaneous pneumothorax in patients with AIDS. In such cases, attempts to discontinue chest tube drainage may fail. The following is a case of a patient with AIDS and spontaneous pneumothorax who respon...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Gerst PH,Mukherjee A,Rosario PG,Albu E

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mortality rates have decreased in medically compliant patients with HIV. More HIV-positive patients are requesting procedures that improve their quality of life. Reduction mammoplasty has been proven to predictably relieve back, neck, and shoulder pain related to macromastia. A case report is presented demonstrating a...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Johnson RM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providers do not predict reliably which of their HIV-positive patients are having difficulty adhering to antiretroviral therapy (ART). The transtheoretical, or stages of change model, may be a useful tool to help providers identify patients who are having difficulty with ART adherence. The objective of the current stu...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Genberg BL,Lee Y,Rogers WH,Willey C,Wilson IB

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe repeated episodes of hepatitis C (HCV) activation associated with initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in two HIV/HCV coinfected individuals with undetectable serum HCV RNA. Both patients developed high HCV viremia (>1 million IU/mL) and elevations in aminotransferases >10 times upper...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Kim HN,Harrington RD,Shuhart MC,Cook L,Morishima C,Jerome KR,Wang CC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV-seropositive blacks, Hispanics, women of all ethnicities, and injection drug users (IDUs) have low rates of clinical trial participation. The opinions of research nurses and study coordinators as potential facilitators and barriers to access to clinical trials may contribute to this disparity. Study coordinators a...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： King WD,Defreitas D,Smith K,Andersen J,Perry LP,Adeyemi T,Mitty J,Fritsche J,Jeffries C,Littles M,Fischl M,Pavlov G,Mildvan D,Underrepresented Populations Committee of the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG).

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies that compare opportunistic infection (OI) rates for U.S.-born, Mexican-born, and Central American-born Latinos in the pre- or post-highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) era. Data on 803 Latino persons in treatment for HIV infection in Los Angeles, California, were examined to evaluate diff...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Wohl AR,Lu S,Turner J,Kovacs A,Witt M,Squires K,Towner W,Beer V

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed data from 1253 HIV-positive injection drug users (IDUs) entering detoxification or methadone maintenance treatment in New York City between 1990 and 2004 to assess HIV risk behaviors and their association with at-risk drinking (defined as more than 14 drinks per week for males or 7 drinks per week for fema...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Arasteh K,Des Jarlais DC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the primary mode of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission is exposure to blood products or injection drug use (IDU), studies have found varying independent risk factors for HCV infection among persons with no history of IDU or exposure to blood products. For HIV-infected women, sexual transmission may be anoth...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Frederick T,Burian P,Terrault N,Cohen M,Augenbraun M,Young M,Seaberg E,Justman J,Levine AM,Mack WJ,Kovacs A

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prisoner reentry is a stressful process and many prisoners return to behaviors that led to incarceration upon community reentry. We assess how individual-level vulnerabilities interact with system-level barriers that impact the community reentry process. An additional area explored was the impact of reentry services o...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Luther JB,Reichert ES,Holloway ED,Roth AM,Aalsma MC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare but well-described complication of HIV infection, which occurs equally frequently during the early asymptomatic phase of HIV infection and with clinical AIDS. The clinical spectrum varies from a low-grade asymptomatic thrombocytopenia with mild renal insufficiency to...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Sood R,Rakkar AS,Carmosino L,Mir T,Khan FA

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a lack of updated estimates of HIV-2 infection in Italy. Moreover, lack of standardized HIV-2 viral load (VL) and drug resistance tests challenges clinical practice. Among 2941 HIV-positive patients followed in our center (Brescia, Northern Italy), 220 (7.5%) were African at the beginning of the study period....

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Costarelli S,Torti C,Rodella A,Baldanti F,Paolucci S,Lapadula G,Manca N,Quiros-Roldan E,Izzo I,Carosi G

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMVR) is the most common intraocular infection encountered in ophthalmic practices. To assess the impact of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the incidence of CMVR and subsequent retinal detachments, a retrospective review of the HIV+ patients seen at a single university and co...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Jalali S,Reed JB,Mizoguchi M,Flynn N,Gordon J,Morse LS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eye disease is a well-documented complication of HIV infection. Opportunistic infections generally comprised the majority of pre-antiretroviral therapy (ART) eye complications. With the introduction of ART, opportunistic infections diminished. However, early ART regimens were cumbersome regarding side effects and pill...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Miller C,Short WR,Perez-Povis L,Lontok J,Fecarotta C,Liu M,Sendecki J,Belden K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to describe the AIDS-defining conditions (ADC) and survival experience of pediatric AIDS cases (< 13 years age) reported in Puerto Rico. A descriptive analysis of the data gathered by the Puerto Rico AIDS Surveillance System was performed. Data for the 377 pediatric AIDS cases reported ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Perez-Perdomo R,Perez-Cardona CM,Suarez-Perez EL

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that the prevalence of HIV/syphilis infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) in China increased rapidly. This cohort study was to assess the correlates of the incident infections for HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B virus (HBV) among sexually active and HIV-negative MSM in China. A cohort of ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Li D,Jia Y,Ruan Y,Liu Y,Li Q,Liang H,Zhou Z,Luo F,Zhang X,Jiang S,Shi W,Xing H,Shao Y

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Until recently, HIV-infected patients have been excluded from consideration for solid organ transplantation. The relatively high mortality rates among HIV-infected transplant recipients observed in the era prior to the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), coupled with long waiting times for cadaveric o...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Roland ME,Adey D,Carlson LL,Terrault NA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reviewed the short-term response to and safety of protease inhibitor (PI) therapy in HIV-infected children by performing a retrospective chart review of open-label PI containing combination therapy at two urban pediatric HIV centers. Seventy HIV-infected children received 101 PI containing antiretroviral therapy (A...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Feingold AR,Rutstein RM,Meislich D,Brown T,Rudy BJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of protease inhibitors (PIs) and highly active antiretroviral therapy in the mid-1990s dramatically altered the treatment of HIV infection, enabling suppression of viral replication to undetectable levels and preventing disease progression. Most PIs present a strong barrier against viral resistance; t...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Kim R,Baxter JD

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and bacillary angiomatosis (BA) may be histologically similar. A precise diagnosis is required because of the different management of these diseases. KS or BA involving bone marrow is rare in patients with and without acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). We report the case of a 40-year-old...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Rosales CM,McLaughlin MD,Sata T,Katano H,Veno PA,de Las Casas LE,Miranda RN

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have become a burgeoning problem and are spreading at an alarming rate. Microbicides are being developed as a new therapeutic category for prevention of transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV. Many of the microbicide formulations (M...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Garg S,Tambwekar KR,Vermani K,Kandarapu R,Garg A,Waller DP,Zaneveld LJ

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00