OBJECTIVE This study was undertaken to compare the frequencies of vaginal infections among human immunodeficiency virus-infected women with those among human immunodeficiency virus-seronegative women. STUDY DESIGN Human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive women attending a comprehensive care center for human immunodeficiency virus disease at the outpatient department of an inner-city hospital...

BACKGROUND Previous studies reported that the incidence of intestinal spirochetosis was high in homosexual men, especially those with Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection. The aim of the present study was to clarify the clinicopathological features of intestinal spirochetosis in Japan with special reference to Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection status and species types. METHODS A pathol...

BACKGROUND Since the introduction of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy and the dramatic improvement in the prognosis of individuals with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, liver disease due to chronic viral hepatitis has become as important cause of morbidity and mortality in co-infected individuals. The objective of the study was to determine the Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis ...

INTRODUCTION Disorders of the auditory and vestibular system are often associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. However, the extent and nature of these vestibular manifestations are unclear. OBJECTIVE To systematically review the current peer-reviewed literature on vestibular manifestations and pathology related to human immunodeficiency v...

In July 1982, the occurrence of three cases of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in men with haemophilia was an immediate signal to Oscar Ratnoff that AIDS was transmissible through blood products. Work that he led provided important and clear indication that the AIDS agent was transmissible through pooled plasma products and had rapidly infected many men who had haemophilia. Before the...

unfortunately, we do not know how many perinatally (human immunodeficiency virus) hiv-infected pepole are living in contries today, while knowing these informations is necessary. unaids reports that there are 3.4 million children under 15 years of age with hiv and 2 million adolescents between 10 and 19 years of age. although the vast majority of children were perinatally infected, older childr...

bloodstream infections with salmonella typhi, is uncommon in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected persons. the symptoms in such patients are often non-specific and have a rather insidious onset and progression. we report a patient with sepsis and lower limb gangrene due to salmonella typhi infection in an hiv-infected patient.

Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) is caused by production of platelet autoantibody. Then ITP can be various viral infections, including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Hepatitis C (HCV), cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, Zika virus and others [1].