Lower Blood Alcohol Concentration Among HIV-Positive Versus HIV-Negative Individuals Following Controlled Alcohol Administration

Alcohol use among patients with HIV infection.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate alcohol use in patients with HIV infection, assess ethnic and social associations, and describe outcomes. MATERIAL AND METHODS design: cohort study. setting: Academic HIV-Liver Clinic. patients: 431 HIV-infected patients (371 men, 60 women); 249 patients with HIV/HCV coinfection, 115 HIV alone, and 67 with HIV/HBV. INTERVENTION alcohol use was estimated at first interv...

Comparative study on toxoplasma serology among HIV positive and HIV negative illicit drug users in Ahvaz, Iran

Comparative study on toxoplasma serology among HIV positive and HIV negative illicit drug users in Ahvaz, Iran

Medicolegal Alcohol Determination - Blood- or Breath-Alcohol Concentration?

Measuring the concentration of alcohol in body fluids represents a large part of the workload at forensic science and toxicology laboratories. In traffic-law enforcement, breath-alcohol testing is used worldwide for roadside screening and for evidential purposes. Many jurisdictions have adopted per se laws which make it a crime to drive with a blood- or breath-alcohol concentration above a pres...

HIV/AIDS, Comorbidity, and Alcohol

Alcohol use is common among people infected with HIV and plays an important role in their health outcomes. Because alcohol use complicates HIV infection and contributes to comorbid diseases, it is important for researchers and practitioners to understand these interactions and to integrate alcohol treatment with medical management of long-term HIV infection and associated comorbidity. The Veter...

Some aspects of alcohol in body fluids. II. The change in blood alcohol concentration following alcohol consumption.