HIV AIDS

In some patients who are HIV-positive, combination antiretroviral therapy therapy started as soon as possible may preserve immunity and lead to a so-called functionalcure.

Elevated levels of the biomarker C-reactive protein in patients with HIV infection increased the risk of MI approximately 2-fold.

Much like HIV/AIDS, RA is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and consequent death. How might inflammation add to the risk?

Rivaroxaban rejected;HIV cure; EHR complaints; primary care errors; patient safety imperatives.

Antiretroviral treatment commenced within 30 hours of birth and continued until age 18 months.

It would be a mistake to attribute all beneficial outcomes obtained from statins solely to cholesterol lowering. Statins have pleiotropic effects-that is, they are simultaneously capable of producing more than one benefit, and in cardiovascular risk reduction, they accomplish more than simply lowering cholesterol.

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HIV-positive veterans had a 48% increased risk for acute myocardial infarction compared with uninfected veterans.

Does this look like melanoma? Which is not true of Löfgren syndrome? Yoga and Afib; what cause of mental confusion? Skin lesions and HIV.. . . See if you can answer this week's quiz questions.

Approximately 25% of those infected with HIV are unaware of their positive status. The USPSTF says universal screening can help reduce disease burden.

Millions of years of life have been saved by antiretroviral therapy. For more lives to be saved, for more years of life to be gained, patients and doctors need to be aware of the risk of HIV infection and to be amendable to screening.

This study ought to put concerns about handling and administration of donor feces to rest: the cure rate in this study of fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent C difficile approached 95%.

What are some of the more common side effects of antiretroviral therapy, and what can the primary care physician do to help manage these effects? In this podcast, infectious disease expert Rodger MacArthur, MD, offers insights and points readers to updated comprehensive guidelines.

Gradual subungual discoloration; benign paroxysmal vertigo; thrush in HIV infection; paralyzed phrenic nerve: see if you can answer this week's 5 quiz questions.

The combination of itching massive scaling suggests the diagnosis of crusted scabies. This variety of scabies is seen in those who are immunosuppressed or immunocompromised (typically HIV+). Repeated oral doses of ivermectin along with topical permethrin application were required to clear this infestation.

Here, HIV/AIDS specialist, Dr Susan Ball, answers 6 questions about HIV infection that primary care clinicians commonly ask.

Topical treatment for oral candidiasis is not as effective when there is esophageal involvement. Topical treatments include nystatin, amphotericin B solution, and miconazole tablets. Systemic therapy given orally includes the azoles, of which fluconazole remains the most effective commonly prescribed. Voriconazole is effective against some resistant strains of Candida. Echinocandins, a newer class of drugs, inhibit cell wall synthesis.

This painless, indurated ulcer is typical of the chancre of primary syphilis. This patient also had a positive RPR in a titer of 1:32.

Chlamydia trachomatis, serovar L2b-a recently discovered microbe-was the cause of atypical lymphogranuloma venereum in this HIV-positive patient.

Skills quiz: Chondrodermatitis nodularis helices; Keratoses; OSA; Parotid swelling and HIV; Limbal flush

Lymphoepithelial cysts of the parotid gland may be diagnostic of HIV infection; they are typically bilateral, benign, and associated with lymphadenopathy.

Age-based screening recommendations for chronic hepatitis C virus infection targeted to Americans born between 1945 and 1965 were announced by the CDC.

A large minority of persons with HIV infection have head and neck symptoms; parotid swellings have been noted in approximately 5% to 10% of patients with HIV-1 infection.

Disparate means of accessing marijuana complicates the evaluation of the quality, purity, and potency of cannabis.

Syphilis is often called the "great imitator." The slides that follow show syphilis in various guises-and various disorders that can mimic the cutaneous manifestations of the sexually transmitted infection.