Fateme Javame Ghazvini, Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Yalda Nahidi, Shatila Torabi, Raheleh Ganjali, Amir Hoshang Mohammadpour, Seyyedeh Zahra Ghasemi
{"title":"Comparison of topical potassium hydroxide 5% solution with cryotherapy in the treatment of patients with genital warts: A randomized controlled clinical trial.","authors":"Fateme Javame Ghazvini, Mohammad Javad Yazdanpanah, Yalda Nahidi, Shatila Torabi, Raheleh Ganjali, Amir Hoshang Mohammadpour, Seyyedeh Zahra Ghasemi","doi":"10.1177/09564624241300776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241300776","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Given the therapeutic challenge of wart treatment and the need for an ideal treatment that is effective, noninvasive, cost-effective, and has minimal side effects, this study aims to compare the local impact of a 5% potassium hydroxide (KOH) solution with cryotherapy, the current standard treatment for genital warts.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Two groups, each consisting of 49 patients: the first group was treated with a daily topical application of 5% KOH solution using a swab, while the second group underwent cryotherapy in two 5-20 s freeze-thaw cycles. Before treatment, patient demographic data and number of lesions were recorded. Follow-up visits were conducted at four-week intervals for 12 weeks, during which the number of lesions, time to complete recovery, and skin-related side effects were examined and recorded, ensuring comprehensive data collection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 98 patients (average age: 28.40 ± 7.34 years), 55 cases (55.1%) being female and 43 cases (43.9%) being male. Importantly, there was no significant difference in terms of gender (<i>p</i> = .684), education (<i>p</i> = .533), and marital status (<i>p</i> = .703) between the two study groups. Further, no significant difference in previous infection history (<i>p</i> = .493) and partner infection (<i>p</i> = .098) was identified. There was no significant difference in terms of treatment response (<i>p</i> = .510) and relapse (<i>p</i> < .999) between the two KOH and cryotherapy study groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study found no significant differences in treatment response, relapse rates, or side effects between using 5% potassium hydroxide solution and cryotherapy for genital wart treatment. These findings suggest that both modalities offer comparable efficacy and safety profiles, providing clinicians with valuable options in tailoring treatment approaches for patients with genital warts.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241300776"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kathryn Peebles, Laura Matrajt, Jared M Baeten, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Elizabeth R Brown
{"title":"Understanding the sources of efficacy dilution in a trial of a monthly dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV-1 prevention.","authors":"Kathryn Peebles, Laura Matrajt, Jared M Baeten, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Elizabeth R Brown","doi":"10.1177/09564624241300199","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241300199","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Women-initiated HIV - 1 prevention products are key to reducing women's HIV-1 risk. Clinical trials of vaginal microbicides have shown limited to no efficacy in intention-to-treat (ITT) analyses. It is hypothesized that these negative results are partly due to efficacy dilution.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We developed a microsimulation model of MTN-020/ASPIRE, a phase 3 trial that evaluated monthly use of a dapivirine vaginal ring for HIV-1 prevention. We evaluated four sources of efficacy dilution: trial-level factors: (i) an imbalance in the number of monthly sex acts between study arms and (ii) heterogeneity in risk emergent over time; and individual-level factors: (iii) product non-adherence and (iv) receptive anal intercourse.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Assuming 70% per-vaginal exposure efficacy (consistent with the ITT estimate of 27%), heterogeneity in risk accounted for the largest proportion of efficacy dilution, at 42% (90% CrI: 38, 45), followed by non-adherence (33%; 90% CrI: 27, 39), an imbalance in arms (18%; 90% CrI: 16, 21) and lastly, anal intercourse with less than 10% of efficacy dilution.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results suggest that heterogeneity in risk was the most important source of efficacy dilution in the ASPIRE trial. Future trials of HIV-1 prevention products for women should consider alternative trial designs and analytic approaches that minimize bias introduced by heterogeneity in risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241300199"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142728695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julien Tran, Christopher K Fairley, Jason J Ong, Catriona S Bradshaw, Ei T Aung, Kate Maddaford, Marcus Y Chen, Jane S Hocking, Eric Pf Chow
{"title":"Duration of kissing in different intimate positions among men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study.","authors":"Julien Tran, Christopher K Fairley, Jason J Ong, Catriona S Bradshaw, Ei T Aung, Kate Maddaford, Marcus Y Chen, Jane S Hocking, Eric Pf Chow","doi":"10.1177/09564624241301490","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09564624241301490","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Despite mounting evidence showing that kissing (tongue-kissing) may transmit gonorrhoea between men who have sex with men (MSM), little data exists on factors influencing the duration of kissing while they are above and/or lying underneath a partner for this population group.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between May 2019 and March 2020, we invited MSM aged ≥18 years who attended the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) to participate in a survey about the duration of their kissing (minutes) and intimate position while kissing (i.e., kissing while above, or while lying underneath) their most recent partner. Univariable and multivariable negative binomial regressions were performed to examine the associations between the duration of kissing in different intimate positions, and demographic and behavioural characteristics (including age, region of birth, HIV status or PrEP use, and role in anal sex).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 965 men with a recent male kissing partner, 89.0% (<i>n</i> = 859) also had sex with that partner. Of the 166 men with a recent female kissing partner, 71.7% (<i>n</i> = 119) also had sex with that partner. Our adjusted analyses showed that, on average, men born in Asia (mean 8.52 vs 11.69 min, <i>p</i> < .001) and South America or the Caribbean (mean 8.61 vs 11.69 min, <i>p</i> = .022) spent less time kissing compared to men born in Oceania, and the same was also observed for kissing while above or lying underneath. Men who had only receptive anal sex spent less time kissing while above than those who only had insertive anal sex (mean 3.04 vs 5.86 min, <i>p</i> < .001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our study is the first to examine factors that influence duration of kissing in different intimate positions. These factors could be associated with oropharyngeal gonorrhoea if saliva transmitted gonorrhoea and if gravity played a role.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241301490"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ezgi Ince Guliyev, Dilek Yıldız Sevgi, Alper Gündüz, Bilgül Mete, Deniz Büyükgök, Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoğlu, Ozlem Altuntaş Aydın, Fatma Ceyhan, Bilge Nur Bilge, Irmak Polat, Fehmi Tabak
{"title":"Mental health service utilization among patients followed up in tertiary HIV/AIDS clinics in Turkey: A need for integrated care.","authors":"Ezgi Ince Guliyev, Dilek Yıldız Sevgi, Alper Gündüz, Bilgül Mete, Deniz Büyükgök, Hayat Kumbasar Karaosmanoğlu, Ozlem Altuntaş Aydın, Fatma Ceyhan, Bilge Nur Bilge, Irmak Polat, Fehmi Tabak","doi":"10.1177/09564624241301491","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09564624241301491","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Mental health (MH) care for people living with HIV (PLWH) emerges as an important unmet need, yet there are no integrated HIV-MH clinics in Turkey. Our aim is to determine MH service use and its associated factors in PLWH followed up in the HIV/AIDS outpatient clinics in Istanbul/Turkey.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted at the HIV/AIDS outpatient clinics of the Infectious Diseases (ID) departments in hospitals affiliated with the ACTHIV-IST Study Group. Structured interviews were performed using questionnaires that covered psychiatric state, medical history, and help-seeking behavior.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of 172 outpatients, 121 (70.3%) reported MH complaints after infection, and 65.6% felt a need to see MH professionals. Among those, 59% shared their MH distress with the ID team. However, only 20.7% applied to an MH service, and 16.5% received psychiatric treatment. Previous MH diagnoses (AOR = 4.11; 95%CI = 1.26-13.39), sharing the disease with the ID team (AOR = 4.18; 95%CI = 1.24-14.11), and being hospitalized due to HIV (AOR = 6.54; 95%CI = 1.21-35.39) emerged as the predictors of MH service use among those who would like to see an MH professional in logistic regression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Closer contact with the healthcare system may increase the chances of PLWH receiving MH care. Thus, integrating MH services in HIV/AIDS care would help reach more PLWH who are distressed.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241301491"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142667944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sari L Reisner, Dorothy Apedaile, Alfonso Silva-Santisteban, Leyla Huerta, Rodrigo Aguayo-Romero, Amaya Perez-Brumer
{"title":"The PrEP cascade in a sample of HIV-negative or unknown status adolescent and young adult transgender women in Peru.","authors":"Sari L Reisner, Dorothy Apedaile, Alfonso Silva-Santisteban, Leyla Huerta, Rodrigo Aguayo-Romero, Amaya Perez-Brumer","doi":"10.1177/09564624241272940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241272940","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Transgender women are a key population in the HIV epidemic globally, including in Peru. This cross-sectional epidemiological study characterized the pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) cascade in adolescent and young adult transgender women in Peru to inform roll-out of early HIV prevention efforts.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between February-July 2022, a community-recruited sample of HIV-negative or status unknown young transgender women (<i>n</i> = 140) in Peru completed a socio-behavioral survey and biological testing for HIV and bacterial STIs. Logistic regression models estimated the association of sociodemographic, healthcare, and behavioral factors to PrEP indication and willingness.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Median age was 22 years (range = 16-24 years); 65.7% reported sex work and 28.6% homelessness. Overall, 45.7% had a PrEP indication based on past 6 months HIV behavioral risk profiles. In a multivariable model, sex work (aRR = 2.27; 95% CI = 1.24-4.17) and homelessness (aRR = 1.27; 95% CI = 1.00-1.60) were associated with PrEP indication. More than one-third (38.6%) had never been HIV tested; 25.3% were tested >1 year ago. Only 34.3% heard of daily oral PrEP, 8.6% reported ever PrEP use, and 5.0% current PrEP use. Nearly half (49.3%) reported willingness to take daily oral PrEP. In a multivariable model, younger age was associated with increased willingness to use PrEP (aRR = 0.92; 95% CI = 0.87-0.98). Highest ranked PrEP preferences were a daily oral pill (35.7%), implant (32.1%), and injection by a provider (10.0%).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PrEP indication and willingness were high in this sample, but HIV testing and PrEP uptake were low. Findings highlight opportunities for age-responsive and contextually-relevant interventions to increase HIV prevention among young transgender women in Peru.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241272940"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electronic Health interventions for HIV in Pakistan: Is it the only way out?","authors":"Muhammad Atique, Muhammad Abbas Abid","doi":"10.1177/09564624241299570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241299570","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241299570"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Successful outcome of performing CO2 laser ablation in a middle-aged female with angiokeratoma of Fordyce.","authors":"Janice Reema Lewis, Ramesha Bhat M, Archana Bhat, Michelle Serene Fernandes, Jacintha Martis","doi":"10.1177/09564624241299571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241299571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Angiokeratoma of Fordyce, a localized form of angiokeratoma, is commonly found on the scrotum but rarely affects the vulva. We have documented a case of angiokeratoma of Fordyce in a female patient. She was treated with two sessions of CO2 laser ablation, following which her lesions resolved.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241299571"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142620439","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Azam Ismail, Victoria Tittle, Rachael Jones, Hannah Loftus, Nicolo Girometti, Olamide Dosekun, Katrina Stegmann, Erica Pool, Shema Tariq, Anna Nakamura, Stephanie Tyler, Harry Coleman, Yee Suh Teh, Marta Boffito
{"title":"Therapeutic drug monitoring of tenofovir disoproxil and emtricitabine in oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users who have undergone gastrointestinal surgery.","authors":"Muhammad Azam Ismail, Victoria Tittle, Rachael Jones, Hannah Loftus, Nicolo Girometti, Olamide Dosekun, Katrina Stegmann, Erica Pool, Shema Tariq, Anna Nakamura, Stephanie Tyler, Harry Coleman, Yee Suh Teh, Marta Boffito","doi":"10.1177/09564624241298983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241298983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is highly effective in preventing HIV, but its efficacy depends on adequate absorption of drug, which may decrease following gastrointestinal surgery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinicians across eight Genito-urinary Medicine clinics in the United Kingdom submitted data on PrEP users with history of gastrointestinal surgery who were referred to a national complex PrEP multi-disciplinary team between June 2021 and April 2023. Anonymised data were submitted on demographics, surgical history, PrEP regimen, and results of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) and HIV screening tests. Descriptive analyses were performed in SPSS version 29.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Nine cases described cis-gender men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) with median age of 47.4 years (IQR = 43 - 56.5) taking tenofovir disoproxil (TDF)/emtricitabine (FTC) daily (<i>n</i> = 8) or event-based (<i>n</i> = 1) as PrEP. Median time between PrEP initiation and TDM was 53 days (IQR = 8.5-1705). The mean (±SD) trough concentration of tenofovir (TFV) and FTC were 90.2 ± 27.7 ng/mL and 76.0 ± 45.9 ng/mL, respectively. All patients had a negative HIV test at follow-up.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Plasma trough concentrations of TFV observed in our cohort taking TDF/FTC were above the expected concentrations associated with PrEP efficacy as previously described in the literature, suggesting that PrEP can be safely given in this population, with TDM used for reassurance.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241298983"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fei Teng, Paul Burns, Michael Welsch, Weiming Tang, Benjamin Walker
{"title":"HIV risk perception and PrEP uptake among black MSM in Mississippi.","authors":"Fei Teng, Paul Burns, Michael Welsch, Weiming Tang, Benjamin Walker","doi":"10.1177/09564624241297830","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241297830","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Rates for HIV are disproportionately higher for Black men who have sex with men (MSM) compared to other MSM in the U.S. While there is evidence that low perceived risk of HIV infection may increase HIV vulnerability, few studies have examined this relationship among Black MSM in the Southern U.S. where the HIV rates are the highest in the country. This study examined the association between perceived HIV risk and PrEP adoption among Black MSM in a medium-size city in Mississippi.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data were drawn from a subsample of the \"ACCELERATE!\" intervention, an innovative and sustainable community-driven project to improve health outcomes among Black MSM. The outcome of interest was PrEP uptake, a binary variable derived from responses to the question \"Have you taken PrEP in the last year?\". The perceived risk of HIV, an independent variable, is measured by self-report of an individual's assessment of their vulnerability of contracting HIV defined as low versus high risk. Covariates included age and socio-environmental factors (health insurance, incarceration and discrimination) Sample characteristics were provided using means and standard deviations for continuous variables and proportions for categorical variables. Exact logistic regression was used to assess the association between perceived HIV risk and PrEP adoption, adjusting for covariates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 84 HIV negative Black men with a median age of 30 (min = 18, max = 69) years were available for analyses. Approximately 16% of participants reported experiencing incarceration and 57% reported experiencing discrimination. Seven out of ten respondents reported having low perceived risk, and 28.6% (24/84) reported having high perceived risk for HIV. There were 73 participants (86.9%) who reported PrEP use in the last year. We observed a higher proportion of participants with high perceived risk that reported lower uptake of PrEP. After adjusting for age, socioeconomic variables, and risky sexual behaviors, higher levels of perceived risk of HIV were associated with decreased odds of PrEP uptake (OR = 0.20, 95% CI: 0.04-0.94, <i>p</i> = 0.040).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The role of HIV risk perception on PrEP adoption is complex among Black MSM in Mississippi. Higher levels of perceived risk of HIV were associated with lower odds of PrEP adoption among Black MSM. This inverse relationship between HIV risk perception and PrEP adoption suggests social- and structural- factors play a critical role in decision-making on PrEP initiation among Black MSM in Jackson. In addition, further longitudinal studies are needed to understand the complex interactions between perceived risk and PrEP use.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241297830"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
María Del Rocío Fernández-Díaz, Naya Faro-Miguez, María Aguilera-Franco, Leopoldo Muñoz-Medina, Andrés Ruiz-Sancho, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, Emilio Guirao-Arrabal
{"title":"<i>Mycobacterium avium</i> complex (MAC) infection in severely immunocompromised people living with HIV: Findings from a five-year cohort.","authors":"María Del Rocío Fernández-Díaz, Naya Faro-Miguez, María Aguilera-Franco, Leopoldo Muñoz-Medina, Andrés Ruiz-Sancho, Javier Rodríguez-Granger, Emilio Guirao-Arrabal","doi":"10.1177/09564624241297835","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09564624241297835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>We sought to clarify the current incidence, risk factors and symptoms of disseminated <i>Mycobacterium avium</i> complex (dMAC) infection in admitted people living with HIV in a hospital in the Southeast of Spain.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>5-years observational, retrospective and single-centre study. Demographic, clinical and analytical variables, along with microbiological, treatment and follow-up were collected.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five cases of dMAC infection in severely immunocompromised people living with HIV people living were found. dMAC was diagnosed in 22.7% of patients under 100 CD4. All patients presented with fever and clinical manifestations of pneumonia, lymphadenopathy, or gastrointestinal symptoms. Despite low CD4 levels and high viral loads in some cases, primary prophylaxis had not been previously administered.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Until 2018, U.S. American guidelines recommended antimycobacterial prophylaxis for patients with low CD4 cell counts, a practice not adopted in Europe. Untreated dMAC infection is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. dMAC infection represents a prevalent disease in severely immunosuppressed people living with HIV. dMAC requires a high index of suspicion in this population, in order to perform mycobacterial cultures from different samples.</p>","PeriodicalId":14408,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of STD & AIDS","volume":" ","pages":"9564624241297835"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}