Shift in HIV-Associated Kidney Disease Characterized
Antiretroviral therapies have prolonged the survival of HIV patients, but the drugs can have adverse effects on the kidneys.
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.
While antiretroviral therapy has allowed HIV patients to undergo kidney transplantation, allograft rejection remains high in this group.
HIV test performed at 1.0% of visits made by young males; higher rates for blacks, Hispanics.
HIV retransplant recipients have increased risk of death and graft loss versus HIV re-KT patients
Fewer than half of patients with TFD-linked AKI had renal function recovery after drug withdrawal.
Study finds a link with combination therapy based on a protease inhibitor and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor.
Survey of minority men aged 18-25 showed that 57.2% indicated that they or their partner did not use birth control at their last sexual encounter.
Although ban was lifted on such surgeries in 2013, none have taken place, researchers say.
Chronic diseases such as end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have now surpassed opportunistic infections as the leading cause of death among HIV-infected patients.