Supporting adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and protected sex among people living with HIV/AIDS: the role of patient-provider communication in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

abstract：:We sought to determine the consequences of stopping highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in a group of 41 HIV-infected individuals with undetectable HIV viral loads and CD4+ counts greater than 500 cells per microliter for 6 months or more. Clinical and laboratory parameters were monitored, as was the time to ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Jacobs B,Neil N,Aboulafia DM

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:The purpose of this study was to examine retrospective reports of rates of HIV disclosure to family and friends over a 15-year time span. Participants included 116 HIV-positive men who have sex with men recruited primarily from an AIDS clinical trials unit associated with a large Midwestern university. Disclosure data...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Serovich JM,Esbensen AJ,Mason TL

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection and substance use disorders are chronic diseases with complex contributions to health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 951 HIV-infected adults receiving care at 14 HIV Research Network sites in 2003 to estimate associations between HRQOL and specific substance use...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Korthuis PT,Zephyrin LC,Fleishman JA,Saha S,Josephs JS,McGrath MM,Hellinger J,Gebo KA,HIV Research Network.

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify factors associated with prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) in an area of Kenya with widely accessible free PMTCT services. A matched case-control study was conducted at 31 public facilities in western Kenya. HIV-infected mothers with infants aged 6 weeks to 6 month...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Onono M,Owuor K,Turan J,Bukusi EA,Gray GE,Cohen CR

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:To determine the recent trends in AIDS-defining cancers in Western Europe, we analyzed the June 2002 European Non-Aggregate AIDS Data Set. We obtained the percentage of people with AIDS aged 15 years or older (n = 125,691; males, 99,560, females, 26,131) who had cancers as the initial AIDS-defining illness in 17 Europ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Ebrahim SH,Abdullah AS,McKenna M,Hamers FF

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:As the New York City HIV=AIDS epidemic began generalizing beyond traditionally high-risk groups in the early 1990s, AIDS Service Organizations (ASO) sought to increase access to medical care and broaden service offerings to incorporate the needs of low-income women and their families. Strategies to achieve entry into ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Pillai NV,Kupprat SA,Halkitis PN

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article argues that enhancing efficacious social networks or developing new adaptive social ties for HIV-infected individuals without adequate social resources may enhance their adaptive response to the disease and its treatment. It further suggests that the success of an adaptive response to the disease may to s...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Tsasis P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral folliculitis is an infrequently reported entity. We describe two patients with viral folliculitides, including a case of herpetic sycosis caused by herpes simplex (HSV) and a case of herpes zoster (HZ) without blisters. Clinicians should consider viral etiologies in the differential diagnosis of superficial infe...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Weinberg JM,Turiansky GW,James WD

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：: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：:Little is known about how people living with HIV in low prevalence contexts face the challenges of stigma and discrimination. Low prevalence and rural communities are unique environments in which HIV-related stigma and discrimination may be intensified due to lower tolerance of differences among people and greater fea...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Zukoski AP,Thorburn S

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two children (ages 12 and 13 years) with transfusion-acquired human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection presented with facial pain and rhinorrhea. Radiographic imaging showed extensive paranasal sinus disease, presumed to be bacterial sinusitis, and the patients were treated with broad-spectrum oral antibiotics. Bo...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Robinson MR,Salit RB,Bryant-Greenwood PK,Zeichner SL,Wood LV,Jaffe ES,van Waes C,Magrath IT

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：:Young men who have sex with men (MSM) represent an increasing number of new HIV infections in many communities. Many individuals still hold beliefs that may lead to discrimination against HIV-positive individuals. HIV stigma is associated with negative health and psychosocial outcomes and may lead to greater challenge...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Dowshen N,Binns HJ,Garofalo R

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recommendations suggest that older children and adolescents perinatally infected with HIV (PHIV+) be informed of their HIV diagnosis; however, delayed disclosure is commonly reported. This study examined the prevalence and timing of HIV disclosure to PHIV+ adolescents and the associations between the timing of disclos...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Santamaria EK,Dolezal C,Marhefka SL,Hoffman S,Ahmed Y,Elkington K,Mellins CA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic viral hepatitis has emerged as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among HIV-positive patients. These individuals are at risk for aggressive chronic active hepatitis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, and eventually, death. Currently available therapies for hepatitis B are limited and i...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Ristig M,Drechsler H,Crippin J,Lisker-Melman M,Tebas P

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：:This article discusses some of the issues specifically associated with women and HIV. The myth is that women do not get AIDS and that lesbians do not get AIDS either. It also explores the unique sociocultural context in which HIV-infected women exist. The hope is to put faces on the numbers that are increasing each da...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Broun SN

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although more than 90% of youth perinatally infected with HIV live in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about the psychosocial factors that impact their wellbeing, or how these youth cope with these challenges. The purpose of this study was to identify the psychosocial challenges and coping strategies among perinata...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Mutumba M,Bauermeister JA,Musiime V,Byaruhanga J,Francis K,Snow RC,Tsai AC

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

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：: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：: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：:In the United States, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Despite great strides in HIV prevention, including biobehavioral HIV prevention strategies such as pre-exposure prophylaxis and treatment as prevention, there has been relatively l...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Nelson KM,Pantalone DW,Gamarel KE,Carey MP,Simoni JM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Disclosure of HIV-positive status to sex partners is critical to protecting uninfected partners. In addition, people living with HIV often risk criminal prosecution when they do not inform sex partners of their HIV status. The current study examined factors associated with nondisclosure of HIV status by men living wit...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Kalichman SC,Kalichman MO,Cherry C,Grebler T

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of HIV on sexual activity and functioning presents a unique set of issues. HIV transmissibility, partner disclosure, potential vertical transmission and, for some HIV-infected women, problems associated with illicit drug use, may affect sexuality. Few studies have examined HIV-infected women's sexuality ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Bova C,Durante A

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of HIV seroprevalence in Nigeria is troublesome because it is one of the highest prevalence rates worldwide. As in most developing countries, vertical transmission from mother to child accounts for most of the HIV infections in Nigerian children. The purpose of this study was to determine the awareness, attit...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Okonkwo KC,Reich K,Alabi AI,Umeike N,Nachman SA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2010, New York (NY) passed new legislation mandating Emergency Departments (EDs) to offer HIV tests to patients 13-64 presenting for care. We evaluated the requirement's implementation and determined differences based on HIV prevalence or site-specific designated AIDS centers (DACs). We also evaluated policies for ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Egan DJ,Cowan E,Fitzpatrick L,Savitsky L,Kushner J,Calderon Y,Agins BD

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00