AIDS Reader

September 02, 2007

Two years ago, while revisiting the quality and durability of highly active antiretroviral therapy-linked immune reconstitution, I noted that the incidence of certain non-AIDS-defining malignancies associated with sexually transmitted viruses in immunosuppressed persons, including penile, oral, and anal cancers, have continued to increase among HIV-infected persons despite the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy

September 02, 2007

Oral cavity lymphoma occurs frequently in HIV-positive patients, often with a poor prognosis.1 Ortega and colleagues2 present an enlightening case of a destructive oral plasmablastic lymphoma in a 43-year-old HIV-positive man. Similar to another recently reported case,3 this lymphoma was their patient's first manifestation of his underlying HIV infection.

September 02, 2007

Thinking about the potential use of a vaccine to control or eliminate the spread of HIV has been present since the earliest days of the epidemic.

September 02, 2007

Tens of thousands of persons with HIV/AIDS have seen their treatment interrupted by the worldwide recall of Roche Pharmaceuticals’ protease inhibitor Viracept (nelfinavir).

September 02, 2007

We conducted a survey of 154 inmates of the Rhode Island Department of Corrections jail regarding HIV risk, HIV testing experiences, and attitudes toward rapid HIV testing in the correctional setting.

September 02, 2007

Treatment of HIV infection reduces the risk of transmission and can significantly improve patients’ quality of life. For these reasons, the CDC has recommended routine screening for HIV in all health care settings.1 HIV testing access in correctional facilities is the weakest link in the fight against HIV infection in the United States; increasing access to testing would improve the identification of HIV-positive inmates as they pass through prisons and jails, providing an opportunity to integrate them into the public health infrastructure of HIV care. However, numerous logistical and cost-related barriers to such testing must be addressed when determining how and when it should be conducted.

September 01, 2007

Two girls, aged 10 and 17 years, both with perinatally acquired HIV infection, participated in a 12-week, hospital-based exercise rehabilitation program of progressive resistance exercise training with an aerobic component.

September 01, 2007

Miller1 reports the results of a 3-month program of progressive resistance and aerobic exercise training in 2 perinatally HIV-infected girls: a normal-weight 10-year-old and an overweight 17-year-old. By the end of the program, both had decreases in body mass index (BMI); lost fat, including visceral fat, by at least some measures; and gained significant muscle strength. One had improved cardiovascular fitness, and both showed further improvements after completing a home-based program after the initial 12-week program.

August 02, 2007

Acute mastoiditis, an infectious inflammatory process in the temporal bone, is an uncommon complication of otitis medi

August 02, 2007

We evaluated admissions of HIV-positive persons to an inner-city hospital from 2000 to 2005. There was a decline in the number of substance abusers, homeless persons, injection drug abusers, and African Americans, and there was an increase in patients older than 50 years.