HIV AIDS

ATLANTA -- Tuberculosis remained at relatively low rates in the U.S., despite more reported cases of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR TB). But a new alarm was sounded in 2006 ? extensively drug resistant TB (XTR TB).

HOUSTON -- After a plaque of scary headlines, the news of a potential pandemic avian flu has dropped off the front pages. But virologists believe the threat is waiting in the wings.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- HIV-infected patients having surgery were more likely to develop post-op pneumonia or to die within 12 months than matched non-infected patients, researchers here reported.

OAKLAND, Calif. -- HIV-infected patients having surgery were more likely to develop post-op pneumonia or to die within 12 months than matched non-infected patients, researchers here reported.

ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Two patients treated with the immune modulator Rituxan (rituximab) for systemic lupus erythmatosus have died of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML), the FDA warned physicians.

SAN ANTONIO -- Evidence is mounting that the so-called human mammary tumor virus (HMTV) can actually causes breast cancer, a New York researcher said.

SAN ANTONIO -- Evidence is mounting that the so-called human mammary tumor virus (HMTV) can actually causes breast cancer, a New York researcher said.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Two U.S.-led trials of men in sub-Saharan Africa were halted early when interim analyses of results confirmed that circumcision can significantly reduce heterosexual transmission of HIV.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Two U.S.-led trials of men in sub-Saharan Africa were halted early when interim analyses of results confirmed that circumcision can significantly reduce heterosexual transmission of HIV.

A 73-year-old woman presents with apainless, nonpruritic rash of recent onseton her right lower ankle. She has nofever, chills, nausea, vomiting, malaise,or other systemic complaints. Her medicalhistory includes fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis,stable angina, and anxiety;there is no history of connective tissuedisease.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Major hormonal contraception methods appear to have little or no effect on HIV susceptibility for women at moderate risk, according to a study of more than 4,000 African women.

ORLANDO -- A novel approach to Burkitt's lymphoma, using a regimen designed for large B-cell lymphomas, led to complete remissions in all patients in a small study, investigators reported here.

SEATTLE -- In a spiral of infection and susceptibility, the African epidemics of HIV and malaria may be fueling each other, according to researchers here. The interplay of the two diseases heightens their effect in regions where both are found.

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- All adults in the U.S. should be routinely given a rapid test for HIV unless there's evidence that the local prevalence of undiagnosed infection is less than 0.2%, suggest researchers here.

NEW YORK -- Even while HIV is well controlled in the bloodstream, the gut is suffering a fierce assault on immune cells, according to researchers here. While the attack isn't clinically obvious, it may have long-term effects, especially as people with HIV age.

NEW YORK -- HIV patients should not take drug holidays. That's the unambiguous warning emerging from the randomized Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (SMART) study.

ABSTRACT: Painful recurrent ulceration of gingival tissue suggests a secondary intraoral presentation of herpes simplex virus (HSV) infection. Unlike the lesions of HSV, lesions associated with coxsackievirus do not erupt in the anterior mouth but rather on the soft palate and pharynx. Furthermore, unlike HSV infection, coxsackie infections may recur, because there is considerable viral variation. Patients with atrophic or erythematous candidiasis report burning pain and a metallic taste. The typical patient with benign mucous membrane pemphigoid is a woman older than 50 years; the condition usually involves the attached gingiva around the teeth. The lesions of erythema multiforme may erupt on any intraoral mucosa; biopsy may be required to rule out other conditions with similar presentations.

RENNES, France -- HIV can infect immune cells in the testis and produce infectious viral particles that, in turn, can re-infect cells in the blood, according to French researchers.

NIJMEGEN, The Netherlands -- Occupational therapy for patients with dementia and their caregivers improves the ability of both to cope with consequences of the condition, Dutch researchers found.

PHILADELPHIA -- When inhaled corticosteroids don't adequately control a patient's asthma, as often happens, the choice of the next-best add-on therapy is open to debate.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Previous infection with hepatitis C virus and spontaneous clearance of the virus appear to confer protection against re-infection, reported researchers here.

LONDON -- The social forces shaping sexual behaviors among young people worldwide and are strikingly similar, according to a systematic review by a British team.

A 28-year-old man is hospitalized because of highfever with rigors and chills and rapid weight loss(5.4 kg [12 lb] in 2 weeks). During the past 48 hours,generalized throbbing headache, intermittent vomiting,blurry vision, and seizures have developed. The progressiveseizures started in the left hand and have becomegeneralized grand mal.

BOSTON -- Drug-resistant viral strains developed rapidly when exposed to telaprevir, the investigational protease inhibitor against hepatitis C virus (HCV), but both wild-type virus and mutants were controlled by follow-on therapy with interferon and Rebetol.