A 72-year-old man was referred to a nephrology clinic because of an increase in creatinine from 1.2 to 2.2 mg/dL. He has a complicated medical history of neurogenic bladder, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), HIV, and metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the left mandible post resection. He underwent cisplatin-based chemotherapy and radiation 3 years previously. For the…
Elderly patients with HIV who have cancer, and specifically breast and prostate cancer, may have worse outcomes when compared with elderly patients without HIV with cancer.
A recently published report describes the case of a 33-year-old female patient with HIV who experienced ritonavir-induced nephrolithiasis 2 years after discontinuing the medication.
Men who have sex with men and persons who inject drugs report missed testing opportunities.
Prostate and lung cancer expected to emerge as the most common types by 2030.
Overall, 38.8% of women and 53.8% of men had never been tested in 2011 to 2015.
Trogarzo is given intravenously once every 14 days in combination with other antiretrovirals
CKD occurrence was seen in 3.4% of HIV patients receiving the combination of medications.
Antiretroviral therapies have prolonged the survival of HIV patients, but the drugs can have adverse effects on the kidneys.
HIV-infected men and women had lower incidences of colorectal and lung cancer compared with the general population.
