Changes in Conjunctival Microbiota Associated With HIV Infection and Antiretroviral Therapy

Metabolic changes associated with antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive patients.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate metabolic changes associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV-positive patients, and to identify risk factors associated. METHODS Retrospective study that included 110 HIV-positive patients who where on HAART in the city of Porto Alegre (Southern Brazil) between January 2003 and March 2004. Data on demographic variables, cigarette smoking, diabete...

Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV Infection

The HIV/AIDS is now twenty five years old and, in these 25 years, more than 60 million people have been infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). As on December 2006, nearly 39.5 million people globally are living with HIV/AIDS1. During this period, lot of efforts have gone into understanding the structure of viruses, its molecular biology and the pathogenesis of disease. The information ...

HIV-associated parkinsonism reversed with antiretroviral therapy

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection can cause variable movement disorders, including parkinsonism. HIV-related parkinsonism usually responds well to highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), suggesting a possible reversible dysfunction of the dopaminergic system. We report the case of a 42-year-old man who presented with rapidly progressive symmetric parkinsonism, cognitive decline...

Antiretroviral Therapy in Early HIV Infection.

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed the course of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. More than two dozen HIV drugs are now available in resource-rich environments, and newer combination regimens have ever-increasing efficacy and decreasing toxicity. As a result, life expectancy and quality of life are close to normal for HIV-infected persons with access to these medications....

Complications of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy.