BACKGROUND The emergency department (ED) is mentioned specifically in the Swiss HIV testing recommendations as a site at which patients can benefit from expanded HIV testing to optimise early HIV diagnosis. At our centre, where local HIV seroprevalence is 0.2-0.4%, 1% of all patients presenting to the ED are tested for HIV. Barriers to HIV testing, from the patient and doctor perspective, and p...

The stigma associated with AIDS is a setback for HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment. Persons living (PLWH), those that fear they might be HIV-infected, judgment discrimination from within their community, more especially health care services. Thus, this study seeks to establish baseline index of the level HIV in Saint Kitts Nevis (SKN), as well estimate among local providers (HCP). A tota...

Introduction: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory intracellular protozoan with a worldwide distribution. We reported here the cerebral toxoplasmosis in an Iranian HIV-positive patient. Case report: A 35-year-old woman that hospitalized at Golestan province, in summer 2016 because of dizziness, fever, and headache. After treatment, she showed severe pain and then paralysis symptoms. Magnetic res...

Background: The United States (U.S.) Centres for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that over one million U.S. adults could benefit from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), but only 90,000 PrEP prescriptions are being filled annually. Pharmacists well-positioned to offer PrEP, a lack of awareness knowledge about HIV has been limitation. This study was desig...

A human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-negative patient with no risk factor experienced HIV type 1 (HIV-1) primary infection 4 weeks after being hospitalized for surgery. Among the medical staff, only two night shift nurses were identified as HIV-1 seropositive. No exposure to blood was evidenced. To test the hypothesis of a possible nurse-to-patient transmission, phylogenetic analyses were condu...

ObjectivesTo demonstrate the successful use of pharmacogenomic testing to specifically tailor antifungal treatment phenotype a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and disseminated histoplasmosis who had clinical progression while on itraconazole subsequently insufficient therapeutic drug levels voriconazole.Case summaryWe present case HIV persistently elevated serum Histoplasma caps...

Background: Simultaneous central nervous system infection by more than one pathogen is very uncommon, even in individuals with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Purpose and methods: We report a clinical case of an HIV positive patient simultaneous biopsy-confirmed neurotoxoplasmosis neurocysticercosis. Results conclusion: In this report, we present rare occurrence two parasitic infections the...

Abstract Background Malaria and HIV are two important public health issues. However, evidence on HIV- Plasmodium vivax co-infection (HIV/PvCo) is scarce, with most of the available information related to falciparum African continent. It unclear whether can change clinical course malaria increase risk complications. In this study, a systematic review HIV/PvCo studies was performed, recent cases ...

Cryptosporidium spp. infection is one of the causes diarrhea in people living with HIV/AIDS. The objective this study to compare sensitivity microscopy and molecular biology determine prevalence Patients Living With HIV (PLWH). This a descriptive cross-sectional conducted three care centers for HIV/AIDS Abidjan. It took place from November 2018 March 2020. Sociodemographic data were obtained vi...

Objective: To illustrate clinical challenges, explore existing literature and identify knowledge gaps in the management of neuropsychiatric issues beyond neurocognitive disorders in HIV patients. Methods: Three case vignettes from a consultation-liaison psychiatry setting in a general hospital were collated and summarised into a case series. Clinical questions were identified from each vignette...