conclusions patients with hiv/aids are more likely to acquire other stis, because the same behaviors that increase the risk of becoming hiv infected can also increase the risk of acquiring stis. having a sore on the skin due to an sti can make the transmission of hiv to the sex partner more likely than people who don’t have such sore in their genital area. results among the 41 patients with hiv...

conclusions hiv/hcv co-infection is an important medical problem in north-eastern poland. a history of incarceration and younger age at hiv diagnosis were additional to idu risk factors for hcv seropositivity in this cohort. patients and methods adult hiv-1 infected patients, with at least one antihcv result, treated in one of polish hiv/aids reference centers, participated in this cross-sectio...

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...

Fallahi Sh1, Badparva E1, Nahrovanian H2, Chegeni Sharafi A3, Ebrahimzadeh F4 1. Instructor, Department of parasitology, Faculty of medicine, Lorestan University of medical sciences 2. PhD, Pasteur institute of Iran. 3. Master of science, parasitology 4. Instructor, Department of statistic, Faculty of health, Lorestan University of medical sciences Abstract Background: Intestinal...

infection with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) is a progressive condition which may cause endothelial dysfunction and liver damage leading to coagulopathy. with adventure of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart), life expectancy has prolonged in hiv positive patients but several acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids)-related conditions such as coagulopathies are responsible for ass...

Background and aims: The pandemic of AIDS is a global emergency and one of the biggest challenges in social and individual life. This study aimed to evaluate the survival time of HIV patients and its effective factors. Methods: This historical cohort study was conducted on the individuals infected with HIV in Fars province, south of Iran, during 2006 to 2...

  Background: HIV/AIDS patients are mainly hospitalized for HIV-related diseases and opportunistic infections. Thisstudy was performed todetermine thecauses ofhospitalization and its related factors in HIV/AIDS patients in Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Hospital during 2009-2012.   Methods: Thisstudy wasa descriptive cross-sectionalstudy . HIV patients admitted to the Imam Khomeini Hospital were includ...

background: acquired immunodeficiency may impose considerable consequences on patients’ family behaviors toward them. the objective of the present study was to investigate whether a counseling program atbehavioralcounselingcenter in the city ofshiraz,iran could change the attitude, knowledge and behavior of patients' family members.   methods: 125 hiv/aids patients’ family members were intervie...