Latest - HIV/AIDS

• Use of Dabigatran With Antiretrovirals Is concurrent treatment with dabigatran and antiretrovirals safe? Find out what there is to know about possible interactions between these drugs.
  HIV Medicine, June 2019
• Physician Groups Decry Plan to Reverse Transgender Protections Transgender individuals already are reluctant to seek care because of fears of discrimination, according to a recent survey.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2019
• Increase in Hepatitis A Virus Infections--US, 2013-2018 Reports of hepatitis A increased by almost 300% in recent years. What are the causes?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 2019
• Alert FDA Clears Assays for Extragenital Chlamydia/Gonorrhea Testing The Aptima Combo 2 Assay and the Xpert CT/NG are the first tests cleared for diagnostic testing for Chlamydia and gonorrhea via throat and rectal samples.
  FDA Approvals, May 2019
• Increasing Physical Activity Among Persons Living With HIV What strategies may help persons living with HIV achieve the minimum physical activity guidelines? This paper provides evidence-based recommendations.
  AIDS, May 2019
• Advanced Stage at Cancer Diagnosis, Higher Mortality in US Patients With HIV Cancer patients with HIV in the U.S. are more likely to be diagnosed at advanced disease stages and experience higher cancer-related mortality than cancer patients without HIV, researchers say.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• Guidelines Nix Annual TB Testing for Most Healthcare Workers Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, according to new CDC guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2019
• Symptoms, Sites, and Significance of M. genitalium in MSM What is the significance of Mycoplasma genitalium in men who have sex with men? Should this population be routinely screened?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 2019
• Severe Clinical Immunodeficiency in HIV With High CD4 Counts While coexistence of neuromeningeal cryptococcosis and Kaposi's sarcoma is not unusual in HIV infection with a low CD4 count, this case demonstrates that it can occur even with a high CD4 count.
  Journal of Medical Case Reports, May 2019
• Awareness of Chronic Viral Hepatitis in the United States How cognizant are US individuals of their status regarding HBV or HCV infection? How does infection awareness differ by demographics?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, May 2019
• Tongue Ulcer as the First Sign of Occult Tuberculosis While oral manifestation of tuberculosis is rare, this case demonstrates that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of persistent oral lesions in patients with a history of TB.
  BMC Oral Health, May 2019
• Gilead to Donate Truvada to CDC to Help With HIV PrEP in US While the Trump administration praised the donation, activists maintained their call for a reduction in the cost of the antiviral treatment, now pegged at more than $20,000 a year.
  Medscape Medical News, May 2019
• Transgender Females Have Lower Tenofovir Diphosphate Concentrations Transgender females taking feminizing hormone therapy (FHT) have lower effective rectal tissue concentrations of tenofovir diphosphate active metabolites, compared with cisgender women and men, researchers report.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• Mexican Official Resigns as HIV Drug Shortage Sparks Outcry
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• Metabolic Syndrome and Neurocognitive Deficits in HIV Is there a link between metabolic syndrome and neurocognitive impairment? What role might these conditions have in HIV?
  JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, May 2019
• Increasing Alcohol Consumption Linked to Worsening HIV Severity A pattern of increasing alcohol consumption is associated with worsening HIV disease severity, whereas stable consumption is associated with small improvements, according to a national study of VA patients with HIV.
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• Drug Buying Plan Leaves Hundreds Without HIV Treatment in Mexico - Health Advocates
  Reuters Health Information, May 2019
• HIV PrEP Care to Reduce Racial Disparities in HIV How might improvements along the HIV continuum, especially scaling up HIV preexposure prophylaxis, reduce racial disparities in HIV incidence?
  American Journal of Epidemiology, May 2019
• Neonatal Prophylaxis and Hematologic Toxicity in Infants Is the use of combination neonatal prophylaxis associated with the risk of severe hematologic adverse events?
  HIV Medicine, May 2019
• HIV Outbreak Among Homeless Heterosexuals Who Inject Drugs A recent HIV outbreak among homeless injection-drug users in rural Indiana demonstrates that population's vulnerability to HIV infection.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 2019