Background and Objective: Patients with thalassemia major have an abnormality in hemoglobin synthesis and ineffective hematopoiesis and for this reason with respect to disease severity should receive one or more fresh blood unit every 15-30 days. Since transfusion of blood products has been known as one ...

conclusions this case inspires consideration of hiv infection as a leading cause of thromboembolic event in individuals affected by the first episode of unprovoked one in whom diagnosis of hiv infection has not been established yet. case presentation a 27-year-old heterosexual smoker man was referred to our center due to a sudden-onset severe left lower extremity pain and claudication since thr...

background vertically oriented global health initiatives (ghis) addressing the hiv/aids epidemic, including the president’s emergency plan for aids relief (pepfar), have successfully contributed to reducing hiv/aids related morbidity and mortality. however, there is still debate about whether these disease-specific programs have improved or harmed health systems overall, especially with respect...

Leishmaniasis affects 1.5-2 million new cases in the world annually. Two major complications of cutaneous leishamaniasis include diffuse cutaneous leishamaniasis (DCL ) occurring in the setting of deficient cell mediated immunity, typically with HIV infection, and chronic cutaneous leishamaniasis (CCL ) developing in approximately 4% of L. tropica infections in Iran and Afghanistan which also m...

Introduction: Despite the transformation in healthcare outcomes with availability of effective antiretroviral therapy, retention human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care remains a challenge. Patients poor have higher rates HIV-related complications and death. Materials Methods: We conducted literature search on PubMed, including articles that reported adult population United States published bet...

background: kaposi’s sarcoma is a vascular malignancy, which frequently occurs among immunocompromised individuals such as transplant recipients and patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. human herpesvirus 8 (hhv-8) is considered the etiological agent of all forms of kaposi’s sarcoma. though some seroepidemiological studies conducted on the prevalence of hhv-8 in iran, there are insu...

"Globally, 35 million people are infected with HIV, and this population is at a higher risk of developing cancer. We reporting the case 44-year-old HIV-positive male patient. He smokes drinks occasionally, but he otherwise in good health. was diagnosed visceral form Kaposi sarcoma January 2022 has undergone 12 cycles oncologic treatment liposomal doxorubicin our facility."

The objective: to develop the procedure for etiological diagnosis of infectious coxitis (IC) depending on patient's HIV status. Subjects and Methods. data medical records 97 patients with signs IC were analyzed. Patients divided into group their Results. time required diagnose was identified, it made 7.35 ± 1.30 months HIV-positive patients, 6.25 0.90 negative ( p > 0.05). developed be imple...

conclusions prevalence of hiv/hcv coinfection is considerably low in turkey. the extremely rare prevalence of idu might have a role in this low prevalence. background rate of coinfection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and hepatitis c virus (hcv) varies in different countries. this may be attributable to common transmission routes as well as social, economic, and cultural factors. objec...