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Cryptococcal Antigen Testing in an Integrated Medical System: Eastern Wisconsin
Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2020 Cryptococcosis is a serious environmentally acquired endemic fungal infection commonly associated with immunocompromised hosts. Little is known regarding frequency or distribution in Wisconsin.
Marianne Klumph +2 more
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Effect of Prophylaxis on the Clinical Manifestations of AIDS‐Related Opportunistic Infections [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1998 Administration of targeted prophylaxis for AIDS-related opportunistic infections has contributed significantly to the recent decrease in mortality among patients with AIDS in the United States. Most reported prophylaxis trials have focused on determining (a) the percentage of cases prevented and (b) the effect of widespread antibiotic use on drug ...
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Challenge and co-operation: civil society activism for access to HIV treatment in Thailand. [PDF]
, 2009 Civil society has been a driving force behind efforts to increase access to treatment in Thailand. A focus on HIV medicines brought civil society and non-governmental and government actors together to fight for a single cause, creating a platform for ...
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Loss of correlation between HIV viral load and CD4+ T-cell counts in HIV/HTLV-1 co-infection in treatment naive Mozambican patients [PDF]
, 2009 Seven hundred and four HIV-1/2-positive, antiretroviral therapy (ART) naïve patients were screened for HTLV-1 infection. Antibodies to HTLV-1 were found in 32/704 (4.5%) of the patients.
Augusto, O +7 more
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A case of acanthosis nigricans in a HIV-infected patient [PDF]
, 2020 Background: To date, very little information is available concerning the relationship between acanthosis nigricans (AN) and infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
De Vincentiis, Ludovica +5 more
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Acremonium pneumonia in an AIDS patient
IDCases, 2017 Acremonium is a saprophytic fungus mostly causing superficial skin, nail, or ocular infections after traumatic inoculation. However, it is being recently recognized as one of the opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients including ...
Negin Niknam +3 more
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Risk Factors for High Early Mortality in Patients on Antiretroviral Treatment in a Rural District of Malawi. [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVES: Among adults started on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a rural district hospital (a) to determine the cumulative proportion of deaths that occur within 3 and 6 months of starting ART, and (b) to identify risk factors that may be associated
Anthony D Harries +24 more
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Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2014 Background: The natural history of HIV infection has changed dramatically after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Currently, opportunistic illnesses still represent a major cause of death and hospitalization in this population. In
Lara Coelho +3 more
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Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia, 2011 Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a severe systemic infectious disease.(1) It has been recognized as an opportunistic disease in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).(2,3) The analysis of the bone marrow of patients co-infected with VL ...
Alana Jocelina Montenegro de Castro +2 more
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Iron Regulation and an Opportunistic AIDS-Related Fungal Infection
PLoS Biology, 2006 Because HIV attacks the very cells charged with fighting infection, the virus compromises the body’s ability to co-exist with pathogens that are otherwise harmless. It is these pathogen-induced opportunistic infections, and not the virus itself, that produce the most debilitating effects of the disease.
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