disseminated tuberculosis (tb) is commonly seen in hiv-infected patients and is major cause of death in these patients. in hiv-infected patients disseminated tuberculosis is frequently undiagnosed or misdiagnosed. in this article we report a case of disseminated tb in a hiv-infected patient with a relatively long history of fever and other complaints without definite diagnosis. diagnosis of dis...

background: toxoplasma gondii , the obligate intracellular parasite is life threatening in aids patients. diagnosis of toxoplasmosis is based on serological methods especially increasing of igm and igg titers, but finding of parasite or its components (antigenemia) may be beneficial method in order to detection of acute toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients. methods: ninety-four serum sam...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been associated with cardiac disease, including anatomical or functional disturbance to the heart. Cardiomyopathy (CMP) is one of these disturbances that have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this review article, several aspects of potential relationships between HIV infection and cardiomyopathy development have been...

A clinical decision report using: del Amo J, Polo R, Moreno S, et al. Incidence and Severity of COVID-19 in HIV-Positive Persons Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy. Annals Internal Medicine. 2020;173(7):536-541. https://doi.org/10.7326/m20-3689 for a patient with HIV concerns about immunocompromised individuals.

HIV-related Immunosuppression significantly increases the risk of acquiring opportunistic infections. This report describes a 69-year-old man, referred to hospital with decreased consciousness and productive cough. This man was a known case of human immunodeficiency virus positive. The sputum of this patient was positive for Salmonella typhimurium. Pulmonary auscultation signaled brief...

Kaposi's sarcoma is one of malignancies that is most seen in HIV positive or immunocompromised patients. Kaposi's sarcoma typically involves the skin. We present a HIV negative, 31-year-old Iranian woman from Tehran with Kaposi's sarcoma associated with corticosteroid use.

In this commentary, we elaborate on the main points that Karamouzian and colleagues have made about HIV data scarcity in Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) countries. Without accessible and reliable data, no epidemic can be managed effectively or efficiently. Clearly, increased investments are needed to bolster capabilities to capture and interpret HIV surveillance data. We believe that th...

The objective : to compare the effectiveness of endoscopic diagnosis bronchial tuberculosis in pulmonary patients with different HIV status. Subjects and Methods . data obtained during tracheobronchoscopy 371 respiratory from 2018 2020 were retrospectively studied. indication for bronchoscopy was presence clinical radiological symptoms characteristic a patient. All divided into two groups: HIV+...