Jennifer A Mitty, Lauri B Bazerman, Kyra Selwyn, Curt G Beckwith, Nickolas D Zaller, Josiah D Rich
{"title":"Decrease in the proportion of injecting drug use-related HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.","authors":"Jennifer A Mitty, Lauri B Bazerman, Kyra Selwyn, Curt G Beckwith, Nickolas D Zaller, Josiah D Rich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Injection drug use (IDU) has been a route for HIV transmission since the beginning of the epidemic. This review focuses on an apparent decrease in the proportion of IDU-related HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island from 1999 to the present. Although there are differences in HIV/AIDS reporting requirements among these states, the dramatic reduction in the proportion of HIV and AIDS cases related to IDU is notable and is comparable to the 42% decline in HIV diagnoses among injection drug users reported by the CDC in other areas of the country.</p>","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 12","pages":"596-600"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936235/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144175549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Officials call HIV epidemic a crisis.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"551"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27886754","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David W Unkle, Anthony J Ricketti, Dennis J Cleri, Robert L Moser, John R Vernaleo
{"title":"An HIV-infected patient with Nocardia asteroides bilateral pneumonia.","authors":"David W Unkle, Anthony J Ricketti, Dennis J Cleri, Robert L Moser, John R Vernaleo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pneumonia remains a concern for persons with long-standing HIV infection. We present a case of a 43-year-old HIV-infected woman with bilateral pneumonia whose presentation suggested the cause was a bacterial pathogen. A chest of radiograph and CT scan of the chest revealed infiltrates and adenopathies, but this did not help in the differential diagnosis. A Gram stain of a sputum specimen revealed gram-positive filamentous rods, and infection with Nocardia asteroides was diagnosed. The patient was started on a regimen of ceftriaxone and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole and experienced significant improvement within a few days.</p>","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"566-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27884247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New institute to focus on AIDS vaccine.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"551"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27879873","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Severe pruritus after completing pegylated interferon for hepatitis C.","authors":"Chistopher J Hoffman, Stuart C Ray","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Porphyria cutanea tarda is a disease of disordered accumulation of heme, which is needed for biosynthesis of hepatic cytochromes. It most commonly occurs in a sporadic form among persons infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV); however, HIV infection is also a reported risk factor. Hepatic iron overload appears to play an important role in the pathogenesis of porphyria cutanea tarda. Common cutaneous findings with porphyria cutanea tarda are vesicles or bullae, milia, and hyperpigmentation in sun-exposed areas. We report a case of porphyria cutanea tarda presenting primarily as severe pruritus in an HIV/HCV-coinfected person after completion of therapy for hepatitis C.</p>","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"562-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27884245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Few HIV patients tested for tuberculosis.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"551-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27886755","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Researchers pan abstinence-only sex education.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"550"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27879872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Behavioral approaches overlooked in HIV prevention.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50834,"journal":{"name":"Aids Reader","volume":"18 11","pages":"554"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"27884243","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}