Archive for May, 2008

19 May

Gastrointestinal Manifestations of HIV Disease

Gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary disorders are among the most frequent complaints in patients with HIV disease. Effective antiretroviral therapy and chemoprophylaxis (PCP, MAC, and CMV) has significantly reduced the occurrence of gastrointestinal opportunistic infections.
Diarrhea
Diarrhea is the most common GI symptom in patients with HIV, affecting 0.9 to 14% of outpatients. Protozoal, viral, and bacterial organisms may [...]

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10 May

Epidemiology of HIV

There have been three-quarters of a million persons reported with AIDS in the United States, and there have been more than one-third of a million deaths. About 8,000 children have been infected, more than half of whom have died.
Several important changes have occurred in the demographic profile of people with AIDS. There has been an [...]

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