Symptomatic HIV viraemia during a drug holiday: an argument against treatment interruption?

abstract：:In order to evaluate the occurrence of hepatotoxicity in patients treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART) who switch protease inhibitor (PI), and the role of viral hepatitis in its development, we performed a retrospective study on 182 HIV patients treated with ART for 24 months. The presence of hepatitis viruses an...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Aceti A,Pasquazzi C,Zechini B,De Bac C,LIVERHAART Group.

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Implementation of the National Chlamydia Screening Programme in Cornwall commenced in April 2003. Initially, women in community venues were screened using urine samples. However, many of these urine samples were inhibitory to polymerase chain reaction (PCR), resulting in a high recall rate for women in the programme. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Keane FE,Bendall R,Saulsbury N,Haddon L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Latin America, men who have sex with men (MSM) remain disproportionately impacted by HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an effective HIV prevention tool and has been FDA approved in the United States since 2012, but no Latin American state, with the recent exception of Brazil, has implemented PrEP guidelines. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Edeza A,Galarraga O,Novak D,Mayer K,Rosenberger J,Mimiaga M,Biello K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) infection in HIV patients has fallen markedly since the introduction of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). However, current guidelines still recommend primary prophylaxis. We conducted a retrospective cohort study in a university-affiliated hospital ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jung Y,Song KH,Choe PG,Park WB,Bang JH,Kim ES,Kim HB,Park SW,Kim NJ,Oh MD

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hispanic and Black adults are disproportionately affected by HIV and experience poorer HIV-related health outcomes relative to non-Hispanic White adults. The current study adopted Sørensen's integrated model to test the hypothesis that lower functional and critical health literacy competencies contribute to poorer HIV...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Walker RL,Hong JH,Talavera DC,Verduzco M,Woods SP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pre-treatment and a 3-week post-treatment isolate of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a 13-year-old boy treated with azithromycin in a single 1 g oral dose were characterized microbiologically. Both isolates were of the same serovar/auxotype (1B6/non-requiring) and had similar antibiograms apart from erythromycin and azit...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Young H,Moyes A,McMillan A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protective response rates to hepatitis B (HB) vaccination have been reported as low as 18-62% in HIV-infected persons. The relative importance of various predictors for this poor response has not been fully characterized. In this retrospective cohort study, we examined the relationship between clinical characteristics...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Kim HN,Harrington RD,Van Rompaey SE,Kitahata MM

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of viral and bacterial sexually transmitted diseases were studied in 101 men attending a dermatovenereal outpatient clinic in Mogadishu. A control group of 103 healthy adult men were included for the serological part of the study. Serological markers of hepatitis B virus (HBV), human immunodeficiency vi...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ismail SO,Ahmed HJ,Grillner L,Hederstedt B,Issa A,Bygdeman SM

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This document addresses medical workforce needs for the speciality of Genitourinary Medicine (GUM) for the next 10 years. Data on current consultant numbers, working patterns and retirement are based on information from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Workforce Unit annual census undertaken on 30 September 2000....

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rogstad KE

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HIV-infected population is ageing. Issues including polypharmacy and co-morbidities led us to develop a dedicated clinic for HIV-infected individuals over 50. We describe our service evaluation after two years. The over 50 clinic commenced in January 2009. The team comprises a registrar, consultant, nurse practiti...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Waters L,Patterson B,Scourfield A,Hughes A,de Silva S,Gazzard B,Barton S,Asboe D,Pozniak A,Boffito M

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This unique report describes a fatal case of immune reconstitution syndrome associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). This case also illustrates the possibility of cryptic visceral KS with minimal cutaneous disease, as well as the potential for differential responses of cutaneous and visceral KS to treatment. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Crane HM,Deubner H,Huang JC,Swanson PE,Harrington RD

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to quantitatively measure the nature of concurrent sex partnering in two samples of drug users having large numbers of sex partners. The purpose of this study was to measure concurrent sex partnering and overlap in concurrent sex partners in two samples of drug users in which some or al...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Williams ML,Ross MW,Atkinson J,Bowen A,Klovdahl A,Timpson SC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) continue to be the most common notifiable infectious conditions worldwide. Their unacceptably high incidence is underlined by the recent emergence of a (presently) incurable and lethal STD--human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection--which merits its description as a pandemic, an...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Mulhall BP

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of seminal high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA were assessed on the quality of semen. Semen samples of 65 men participating in the ongoing Finnish HPV Family Study were collected. Semen analyses were done by the guidelines of the Nordic Association for Andrology. HPV DNA was detected by nested polymer...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rintala MA,Grénman SE,Pöllänen PP,Suominen JJ,Syrjänen SM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case series of HIV/HCV co-infected patients who underwent preemptive antiretroviral therapy modifications to manage clinically significant drug interactions with HCV therapy. Among the 15 patients reviewed, all changed to a raltegravir-based regimen and none experienced a loss of virologic suppression or i...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Stambough M,Roman M,Blair DC,Sidman EF,Miller CD

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to identify the demographic and diagnostic characteristics of patients attending a genitourinary medicine clinic with booked appointments and compare them with those of walk-in attendees. During a period of three months, 749 patients were seen with new episodes; 61% of them had booked appointm...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Elawad BB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between sexual risk and alcohol consumption may be self-evident but have eluded detailed examination in the UK. A cohort of 520 genitourinary (GU) medicine clinic attenders in the south of England were given a detailed questionnaire and compared with a matched cohort from the General Household Survey (GHS...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Standerwick K,Davies C,Tucker L,Sheron N

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old HIV-infected woman developed fever and systemic illness of unknown origin after being placed on phenytoin for seizures. Her clinical syndrome, skin biopsy findings, and clinical response to steroids were consistent with phenytoin hypersensitivity syndrome. ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Bedimo RJ,Geisler WM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV seroconversions and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are often clustered in social networks within community populations. The present study was carried out among men who have sex with men in Russia, where a major HIV epidemic is unfolding, and where social networks have played a historically important role. In...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Amirkhanian YA,Kelly JA,Kirsanova AV,DiFranceisco W,Khoursine RA,Semenov AV,Rozmanova VN

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with severe thrombocytopaenia. He had unprotected sexual contact 6 weeks earlier. He was diagnosed with acute HIV infection by means of HIV RNA viral load testing and HIV-associated thrombocytopaenia. Although his thrombocytopaenia improved immediately with short-term dex...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Aoki A,Moro H,Watanabe T,Asakawa K,Miura S,Moriyama M,Tanabe Y,Kagamu H,Narita I

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the first reported case of Candida pelliculosa meningitis in HIV infection. This case highlights the risk of uncommon opportunistic infections in association with the immunocompromised and the importance of autopsy as a diagnostic tool in HIV infection. We discuss the epidemiology, diagnosis and management...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Ratcliffe L,Davies J,Anson J,Hales S,Beeching NJ,Beadsworth MB

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with acetowhite lesions of the portio cervix, demonstrating koilocytosis and/or cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) I-III. The study group comprised 37 women admitted to the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Sahlgr...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Voog E,Ricksten A,Stenglein M,Jonassen F,Ternesten A,Ryd W,Löwhagen GB

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Senegal pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) Demonstration Project was an open-label cohort study assessing the delivery of daily oral PrEP to HIV-negative female sex workers (FSWs) in four Ministry of Health (MoH)-run clinics in Dakar, Senegal. We assessed uptake, retention in care, and adherence over up to 12 months ...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Sarr M,Gueye D,Mboup A,Diouf O,Bao MDB,Ndiaye AJ,Ndiaye BP,Hawes SE,Tousset E,Diallo A,Jones F,Kane CT,Thiam S,Ndour CT,Gottlieb GS,Mboup S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Partner notification as a public health measure to reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a cornerstone of STI control in most countries. The success of any partner notification strategy is conditional on its acceptability and feasibility to both patients and health-care professionals, its co...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Estcourt CS,Sutcliffe LJ,Shackleton T

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized HIV-1 subtypes among 204 persons newly diagnosed with HIV in Ontario from 2003 to 2005 using samples from the Canadian HIV Strain and Drug Resistance Surveillance Program. We examined HIV-1 subtype by demographic characteristics and exposure category, and determined independent predictors of infection...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Rank C,Njihia JG,Remis RS,Shah L,Swantee C,Brooks JI,Jayaraman GC,Archibald CP

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals infected with HIV who are out of care are at a higher risk of HIV-related morbidity and mortality. It has been difficult to recruit a representative sample of out-of-care patients for epidemiological studies. Using a novel weighting method, we constructed a representative sample of out-of-care HIV patients...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Xia Q,Neaigus A,Bernard MA,Raj-Singh S,Shepard CW

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a literature review of patients' conditions described under persistent genital arousal disorder and restless genital syndrome, vulvodynia and male genital skin pain of unknown aetiology (penoscrotodynia). Our aim is to improve the understanding of the condition, unify nomenclature and promote evidence-bas...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Markos AR,Dinsmore W

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prior research indicates that injection drug users forget substantial proportions of their injection partners when asked to recall them. Such under-reporting hampers both ascertainment of the injection networks that underlie transmission of blood-borne pathogens and contact-tracing efforts for disease control. We repo...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Brewer DD,Hagan H,Hough ES

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate internal medicine residents' HIV-related knowledge and their attitudes towards caring for HIV-infected patients, and determine the extent to which these variables influence their care-providing intention. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 56 internal medicine reside...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Hsiung PC,Tsai YF,Hung CC,Chen MY

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adolescents are at high risk for HIV acquisition, and thus need to be included in HIV vaccine trials. In preparation for inclusion of adolescents in HIV vaccine trials in an urban community in Cape Town with a high antenatal HIV prevalence, the study assessed the attitudes towards the inclusion of adolescents in HIV v...

journal_title：International journal of STD & AIDS

authors： Jaspan HB,Soka NF,Mathews C,Flisher AJ,Mark D,Middelkoop K,Wood R,Bekker LG

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00