Chronic Cystoisospora belli infection in a Colombian patient living with HIV and poor adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy

Recurrent Cystoisospora belli in a patient with HTLV-1 infection

A 31 year old Haitian female presented with acute worsening of chronic diarrhea and weight loss of one year duration. CT of the abdomen showed diffuse mesenteric, pelvic and groin lymphadenopathy. HTLV-1 serology was positive and patient was diagnosed with adult T cell leukemia (ATL) by bone marrow biopsy and flow cytometry. Stool Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) PCR was positive and oral v...

Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in HIV/AIDS patient.

Metabolic Abnormalities in HIV-Positive Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

Background and Objective: Dyslipidemia has become a common problem in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease, especially in patients on combination antiretroviral therapy. In this study we aimed to determine the prevalence of dyslipidemia and metabolic abnormalities in 2 groups of HIV infected patients receiving highly activ...

Limited patient adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infection in an observational cohort study.

BACKGROUND Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for human immunodeficiency syndrome type 1 (HIV-1) infection is essential to sustain viral suppression and prevent drug resistance. We investigated adherence to HAART among patients in a clinical cohort study. METHODS Patients receiving HAART had their plasma concentrations of protease inhibitors or nevirapine measured and c...

Bacillary angiomatosis in a HIV-positive patient with poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy.

Bacillary angiomatosis is a systemic disease caused by Bartonella (B.) henselae and B. quintana. Today it is a rare disease that occurs predominantly in patients with poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy or with late diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). We report on the case of a 40-year-old Caucasian female with HIV-1 and hepatitis B virus (HBV) co-infection diagnosed 17 years ...