Bishoy Faltas, MD

February 15, 2014

People with HIV infection are at high risk for invasive meningococcal disease. Current guidelines do not recommend vaccination against meningococcal disease for patients with HIV infection, but these patients can choose to be vaccinated.

February 04, 2014

There are currently 3 sets of guidelines that outline the management of thyroid nodules. A case in point here.

February 04, 2014

Would you biopsy a 1-cm mobile nodule in the thyroid area of this 55-year-old woman who had mantle field radiation for a childhood cancer?

January 24, 2014

Nondisclosure of HIV status is behavior with powerful implications for clinical trial enrollment. Could it happen in clinical care? Do we need to be wary? The question remains open.

December 06, 2013

A new retrospective analysis looks at the incidence of infection with common scourge Clostridium difficile in the specific context of HIV infection.

November 22, 2013

Cancer survivors have no consensus guidelines that outline optimal ongoing monitoring, prevention, or wellness strategies. In that absence, ASCO advocates a shared-care model for primary care physicians and oncologists.

November 12, 2013

Patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV can develop rapidly progressive liver fibrosis.

November 02, 2013

Time to virologic failure among black patients on antiretroviral therapy was significantly shorter than for whites.

October 08, 2013

The association of missed visits and increased mortality in HIV-infected patients is related to factors other than access to care.

October 08, 2013

Thirty-day hospital readmission rates in adults infected with HIV are driven largely by CD4+ count and length of stay.