Health-related beliefs and decisions about accessing HIV medical care among HIV-infected persons who are not receiving care.

abstract：:Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels are common in the general and HIV-infected populations alike. Defined as levels less than 30 ng/mL, suboptimal vitamin D is known to afflict over 70% of representative samples from each group in resource-rich countries with even greater prevalence in resource-poor regions of the world. I...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Griffin AT,Arnold FW

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women living with HIV in high-income settings continue to experience modifiable barriers to care. We sought to determine the features of care that facilitate access to comprehensive primary care, inclusive of HIV, comorbidity, and sexual and reproductive healthcare. Using a systematic mixed studies review design, we r...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： O'Brien N,Hong QN,Law S,Massoud S,Carter A,Kaida A,Loutfy M,Cox J,Andersson N,de Pokomandy A

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HIV infection is increasing in minority groups, particularly in African American and Hispanic women. Although the incidence of HIV dementia has decreased since the advent of highly active antiretroviral treatment, prevalence of neurocognitive complications has increased as patients are now living longer. This study's ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Wojna V,Skolasky RL,McArthur JC,Maldonado E,Hechavarria R,Mayo R,Selnes O,Ginebra T,de la Torre T,Garcia H,Kraiselburd E,Melendez-Guerrero LM,Zorrilla CD,Nath A

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the prevalence of menstrual disorders in HIV-1-infected women and explored the association between such disorders and adherence to antiretroviral therapy, sexual functioning, and depressive symptoms in a group of HIV-1-infected women aged younger than 46 years and on antiretroviral therapy. Participants w...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Fumaz CR,Muñoz-Moreno JA,Ferrer MJ,Negredo E,Pérez-Alvarez N,Tarrats A,Clotet B

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：: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：: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：:Linking and engaging HIV-positive patients in care is the key bridging step to glean the documented health and prevention advantages of antiretroviral therapy (ART). In China, HIV transmission among men who have sex with men (MSM) is surging, yet many HIV-positive MSM do not use HIV care services. We conducted a quali...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Liu Y,Osborn CY,Qian HZ,Yin L,Xiao D,Ruan Y,Simoni JM,Zhang X,Shao Y,Vermund SH,Amico KR

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the importance of timely entry into care after HIV diagnosis, the timing of care entry has not been described recently in a large, diverse population of persons with HIV. Dates of HIV diagnosis and entry into HIV care were obtained by interview of HIV-infected adults, most of whom had entered care for HIV, in ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Reed JB,Hanson D,McNaghten AD,Bertolli J,Teshale E,Gardner L,Sullivan P

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficacy of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has been well documented, particularly among HIV-infected individuals with CD4 cell counts below 200/mm(3). Despite this, eligible individuals may continue to show some reluctance to use HAART. The present study explored the factors influencing patients' dec...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Alfonso V,Bermbach N,Geller J,Montaner JS

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For treatment of HIV/AIDS in jails and prisons to be effective, these institutions must identify as many HIV-positive inmates as they can. We compare HIV status among a drug-addicted jail population determined through a physical examination and a voluntary HIV testing program, with self-reported status in an interview...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Lyons T,Goldstein P,Kiriazes J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Observational studies have examined the prevalence and impact of internalized stigma among African American women living with HIV, but there are no intervention studies investigating stigma reduction strategies in this population. Based on qualitative data previously collected, we adapted the International Center for ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Rao D,Desmond M,Andrasik M,Rasberry T,Lambert N,Cohn SE,Simoni J

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of smoking in HIV-infected subjects is high. As a smoking cessation aid, varenicline (Champix(®), Pfizer, Saint-Laurent, QC, Canada or Chantix(®), Pfizer, Mission, KS) has not been previously evaluated in HIV-infected smokers. In this multicenter pilot open label study, varenicline 1.0 mg was used twice...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Cui Q,Robinson L,Elston D,Smaill F,Cohen J,Quan C,McFarland N,Thabane L,McIvor A,Zeidler J,Smieja M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient navigation, a patient-centered model of care coordination focused on reducing barriers to care, is an emerging strategy for linking patients to and retaining them in HIV care. The Guide to Healing Program (G2H), implemented at the Infectious Diseases Clinic at UNC Chapel Hill, provided patient navigation to wo...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Sullivan KA,Schultz K,Ramaiya M,Berger M,Parnell H,Quinlivan EB

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypogonadism and erectile dysfunction (ED) appear to be more common among men infected with HIV compared to age-matched men within the general U.S. population. HIV providers should consider these conditions and utilize standardized evaluation and diagnostic criteria. Treatment of both hypogonadism and ED increases sex...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Crum NF,Furtek KJ,Olson PE,Amling CL,Wallace MR

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While debate continues at what stage of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease to begin combination antiretroviral therapy, a number of clinical and public health benefits are linked to early entry into primary care soon after first testing HIV positive. However, HIV-infected patients continue to test late and del...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Milberg J,Sharma R,Scott F,Conviser R,Marconi K,Parham D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the multiple forms of stigma experienced by young HIV-positive African American men who have sex with men and how they relate to sexual risk behaviors is essential to design effective HIV prevention programs. This study of 40 African American young MSM found that 90% of those surveyed experienced sexual ...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Radcliffe J,Doty N,Hawkins LA,Gaskins CS,Beidas R,Rudy BJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a unique type of small bowel obstruction resulting from the compression of the duodenum by the SMA. This is a case of SMA syndrome in a cachectic 6-year-old boy with AIDS who presented after a 2.3-kg weight loss in the preceding month. Unfamiliarity with this condition coup...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Hoffman RJ,Arpadi SM

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) is the most common malignancy observed in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Although KS involves the head and neck in AIDS patients, difficult airway due to KS in an AIDS patient has rarely been reported in the literature. We report a patient with AIDS and cutaneous KS who...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Alkhuja S,Menkel R,Patel B,Ibrahimbacha A

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:Clinical trials commonly measure rates of virologic suppression at a specific time point, whereas sustained virologic suppression is the goal of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). We explored factors associated with sustained virologic suppression in an urban clinic population. The study population was draw...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Purkayastha T,Wasi F,Shuter J

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastrointestinal ulcerations in persons infected with HIV have many causes, the most common being opportunistic infections and neoplasms. Recently, idiopathic ulcerative lesions of the colon and rectum have been described. Two cases are reported of idiopathic colonic and anorectal inflammation and ulceration which fai...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Fu CS,Conteas CN,LaRiviere MJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 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：: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：:Although many methods for assessing adherence have been developed, most are not feasible for busy clinical settings. Using patients from the Adherence and Efficacy of Protease inhibitor Therapy (ADEPT) study (1998-2000), we systematically evaluated the relationship between psychosocial, environmental, clinical, and ot...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Liu H,Miller LG,Hays RD,Golin CE,Zhao H,Wenger NS,Kaplan AH

更新日期：2006-11-01 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：:Among places where people living with HIV experience and anticipate HIV-related stigma, stigma in health care settings may be particularly harmful. Utilizing an exploratory sequential mixed methods approach, we conducted interviews (n = 76) and questionnaires (N = 460) with older adult women living with HIV enrolled i...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Rice WS,Turan B,Fletcher FE,Nápoles TM,Walcott M,Batchelder A,Kempf MC,Konkle-Parker DJ,Wilson TE,Tien PC,Wingood GM,Neilands TB,Johnson MO,Weiser SD,Turan JM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the relationship between vitamin D levels and insulin resistance (IR) among 1082 nondiabetic (754 HIV-infected) women enrolled in the Women's Interagency HIV study (WIHS), a large and well-established cohort of HIV infected and uninfected women in the US. Vitamin D levels 20-29 ng/mL were considered insuff...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Adeyemi OM,Livak B,Orsi J,Glesby MJ,Villacres MC,Weber KM,Sharma A,Golub E,Young M,Cohen M,Tien PC

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although emerging evidence suggests differing interventions may improve antiretroviral adherence, there has not been a formal evaluation to identify the impact of a clinic-based multidisciplinary program designed to provide education and identify and correct potential adherence barriers prior to the initiation of high...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Frick P,Tapia K,Grant P,Novotny M,Kerzee J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kaposi's sarcoma of the breast is extremely rare. We report a case of a patient with AIDS presenting with Kaposi's sarcoma localized to the breast and review another published case of a patient with AIDS and disseminated cutaneous Kaposi's sarcoma with breast involvement. Although rare, the diagnosis should be conside...

journal_title：AIDS patient care and STDs

authors： Hamed KA,Muller KE,Nawab RA

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00