OBJECTIVE To investigate the incidence, clinical features, and treatment of tuberculous pleurisy in AIDS patients. METHODS We reviewed all cases of pleural tuberculosis in AIDS patients in South Carolina from 1988 through 1994. Clinical findings, test results, treatment, and outcome were analyzed. MAIN RESULTS Twenty-two (11%) of the 202 AIDS patients with tuberculosis had pleural involveme...

OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence of HIV dementia and opportunistic brain disease in AIDS relative to the use of licensed antiretoviral medication (zidovudine, zalcitabine, didanosine, and stavudine). METHOD Medical records were evaluated retrospectively in a longitudinal cohort of 1109 patients with AIDS during the period 1991-4. Treatment groups were defined by start and duration of zido...

The aim of this theoretical review was to articulate the resilience concept with key aspects in the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS. We emphasize the analysis of protective factors traditionally related to resilience (personal characteristics and social and affective support networks). The reviewed studies show important protective factors that contribute to the health and well-being of pe...

Objective To describe adherence to non-pharmacological treatment in HIV/Aids diagnosed patients from Cali, Colombia, and its relation to socio-demographic factors. Material and Methods Observational cross-sectional study, with a sample of 277 HIV/AIDS diagnosed patients from nine health care centers. The Adherence to Treatment for HIV/AIDS Questionnaire was used as a measurement tool. Results 3...

I n South Africa, the euphoria of the peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy has been dulled by the devastation of HIV/AIDS. The epidemic has had a disproportionate effect on poor, previously disenfran-chised groups, in which the apartheid migrant labour system had destroyed family life and created conjugal instability. South Africa is now in the midst of a maturing epidemic, and AIDS ...

BACKGROUND Antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease progression, mortality and transmission. We assess the impact of expanded HIV treatment for the prevention of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)-related deaths and simulate four treatment scenarios for Nigeria and South Africa. METHODS For 1990-2013, we used the Joint United Nations Programme on...

Primary tinnitus has a severe negative influence on the quality of life of a substantial portion of the general population. When acoustic coordinated reset (CR) neuromodulation stimuli are delivered for several hours per day over several weeks a clinically significant symptom reduction in patients with primary tonal tinnitus has been reported by several clinical sites. Here, we reported the fir...