ALLMedicine™ HIV Infection Center

May 15th, 2022 - We assessed the quality of life and HIV adherence self-efficacy of adolescents and young adults (AYA) with perinatal HIV infection (PHIV). This cross-sectional study was conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand. AYA-PHIV aged between 15 and 25 years were...

May 15th, 2022 - Oral lesions are usually the first sign of HIV infection. The present study aimed to determine the level of the knowledge of dentists on the dental care needs of People Living with HIV (PLWH). This cross-sectional study was conducted between Febru...

May 14th, 2022 - WHO has established a Global Clinical Platform for the clinical characterisation of COVID-19 among hospitalised individuals. We assessed whether people living with HIV hospitalised with COVID-19 had increased odds of severe presentation and of in-...

May 14th, 2022 - Hyponatraemia is a documented but under-recognised cause of rhabdomyolysis, with the contrasting treatment strategies for the two conditions posing a unique challenge. Balancing the need for aggressive fluid replacement for the treatment of rhabdo...

May 14th, 2022 - Monocytes play an important role in inflammation, and monocytosis and monocyte activation are features of chronic inflammation. We aimed to investigate if HIV status was associated with monocyte count and monocyte activation and to assess the rela...

Oct 15th, 2020 - Data on the use of antiretroviral drugs, including new drugs and formulations, for the treatment and prevention of HIV infection continue to guide optimal practices. To evaluate new data and incorporate them into current recommendations for initia...

Apr 10th, 2020 - "U.S. Medical Eligibility Criteria for Contraceptive Use" (U.S. MEC) 2016 provides evidence-based guidance for the safe use of contraceptive methods among U.S. women with certain characteristics or medical conditions (1). The U.S. MEC is adapted f...

Jun 12th, 2019 - An estimated 1.1 million individuals in the United States are currently living with HIV, and more than 700 000 persons have died of AIDS since the first cases were reported in 1981. In 2017, there were 38 281 new diagnoses of HIV infection reporte...

Jun 12th, 2019 - Approximately 1.1 million persons in the United States are currently living with HIV, and more than 700 000 persons have died of AIDS since the first cases were reported in 1981. There were approximately 38 300 new diagnoses of HIV infection in 20...

Jan 4th, 2019 - Life expectancy of people living with HIV (PLWH) is reaching similar length as in the general population. Accordingly, age-related comorbidities, including osteoporosis, are increasing. Fracture risk is higher and increases approximately 10 years ...

May 13th, 2022 - The objective of this study is to examine the risk factors and natural course of JCV infection and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). PML is a devastating, demyelinating neurological disease affecting the brain of patients with a co...

May 13th, 2022 - Background: Multicentric Castleman s disease (MCD) is a rare but lethal Kaposi s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) associated lymphoproliferative disorder with a historical median survival of 2 years. It occurs more often in HIV-infected indiv...

May 13th, 2022 - This protocol is designed for the screening and baseline assessment of and collection of research sample from patients with abnormalities of immune function as manifested by recurrent or unusual infections, recurrent or chronic inflammation, or pr...

May 13th, 2022 - BACKGROUND: A number of important scientific advances can be made through the study of blood, bone marrow, tumor, or other tissue samples from patients with HIV infection, infection with Kaposi s sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV), infection wi...

May 13th, 2022 - A subset of HIV-infected patients, those with poor immunologic response to combined antiretroviral therapy (CD4+ T-cell count of less than 300-350 cells/mm^3) despite control of viremia, are at increased risk for both HIV-related and non-HIV-relat...

May 11th, 2022 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 34,800 people were newly infected with HIV in 2019, and 1.2 million people in the country are living with HIV.[1] CDC released Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV In...

Mar 9th, 2022 - Editor's Note: The Case Challenge series includes difficult-to-diagnose conditions, some of which are not frequently encountered by most clinicians but are nonetheless important to accurately recognize. Test your diagnostic and treatment skills us...

Feb 11th, 2022 - People living with HIV (PLWH) in the UK are far more likely to experience mental illness compared with their non-HIV counterparts, a new study published in  The Lancet HIV  has found. HIV and mental health are believed to have a bidirectional rela...

Feb 3rd, 2022 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. It is a great mystery of infectious disease: Why are some people seemingly unaffected by illness that harms others? During the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Jan 28th, 2022 - (Reuters) - Researchers studying Merck & Co Inc's cancer drug Keytruda for HIV patients who also have cancer say the immunotherapy may help displace the virus from human immune cells, offering an intriguing area of study for treatment of chronic H...