HIV Infection Disorder
Resources for Patients and Caregivers
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Wiki Number: 22-HIV Infection Disorder
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Progression: Life expectancy averages 10 years after HIV infection unless treated.
Causes:HIV-AiDs attacks the immune system leading to progressively less resistance to other infections
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Resources for Physicians, Counselors and Researchers
4 CURRENT ARTICLES
FROM PUBMED
The world-wide medical research
reports chosen for each diagnosis
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PubMed article’s summary-abstract.
- Treatment options for severe or refractory mpox virus infection in patients with advanced HIVby Natasha N Pettit on January 28, 2023
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a health advisory on the occurrence of severe cases of mpox in immunocompromised patients, namely those with advanced HIV. Treatment options are limited, and very little is known about how to optimally treat patients with severe disease. Herein we describe two cases of severe mpox in Chicago in the setting of advanced HIV and provide suggested guidance for managing cases of severe disease in immunocompromised patients based available...
- Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention of Tuberculosis Among People Experiencing Homelessness in the United States: Current Recommendationsby Suzanne M Marks on January 27, 2023
CONCLUSION: Improvements in TB diagnosis, treatment, and prevention among PEH are possible by following existing recommendations and using client-centered approaches.
- Scope and mortality of adult medical ICU patients in an Eastern Cape tertiary hospitalby R Freercks on January 27, 2023
CONCLUSION: Among medical patients admitted to ICU, there was a high HIV seroprevalence with low uptake of antiretroviral therapy. Sepsis was the most frequently identified ICU admission diagnosis. Sepsis and AKI (not HIV) were independent predictors of mortality. Co-infection with HIV and TB was associated with increased mortality.
- Myeloma Cast Nephropathy an Unusual Association with HIV Infection Presenting with Renal Dysfunctionby Kalaivani S Subramanian on January 27, 2023
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-associated renal disease is a pan-nephropathy, causing glomerular, tubular, and interstitial changes. The common lesion is the collapsing variant of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Multiple myeloma presenting as light chain cast nephropathy in an HIV-positive patient is very rare. A 45-year-old female retropositive patient presented with one episode of hematuria. Kidney biopsy was performed with a clinical diagnosis of acute interstitial nephritis (AIN)....