AIDS Reader

February 02, 2008

Nemaline rod myopathy is a rare human neuromuscular disorder defined by the presence of rod-shaped structures infiltrating muscle fibers.

January 02, 2008

Several reports have documented an increased incidence of smooth muscle tumors in patients with AIDS and in those with other immunocompromised conditions.

January 02, 2008

Recently the CDC released a report of a study on coinfection with HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis that found that many US patients with tuberculosis (TB) are still not being tested for HIV.

January 02, 2008

Reviewing just a 2-month interval of HIV/AIDS-related publications and announcements, from mid-September to mid-November of 2007, produced discouraging news in 3 key areas: vaccine development, female-initiated barrier protection, and HIV treatment in the resource-poor world.

January 02, 2008

We evaluated a cohort of persons with late-stage HIV infection currently enrolled in a longitudinal tracking study to determine whether coinfection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) is associated with a greater prevalence and/or severity of HIV-associated cognitive-motor complex and distal predominantly sensory peripheral polyneuropathy compared with persons with HIV infection alone

January 02, 2008

Writing a book about the history of anything is an ambitious undertaking, and this book is no different. For those of us who witnessed HIV from the beginning of its re-corded history, Engel does a good job of hitting the highlights and examining the issues.

January 02, 2008

Cinti and colleagues1 call further attention to an increasing concern for people living with HIV infection and those providing their care: the increased risk of cancers that are not considered AIDS-defining events.

December 02, 2007

In patients with HIV/AIDS, multifocal choroiditis has been associated with numerous life-threatening disseminated opportunistic infections. Optic neuropathy in patients with AIDS is also associated with opportunistic infection.

December 02, 2007

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is associated with Kaposi sarcoma (KS) and 4 lymphoproliferative disorders: multicentric Castleman disease, primary effusion lymphoma, B-cell plasmablastic lymphoma, and germinotrophic lymphoproliferative disorder.

December 02, 2007

Breathable indoor air has become so commonplace in the United States (and, increasingly, worldwide) that many forget that it has been less than a quarter century since the major push to limit indoor smoking really began to have an impact.