Denniston AKO, PL M. OXford Handbook of Ophthalmology. 3rd edition ed. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press; 2014. Singalavanija T, Ausayakhun S, Tangmonkongvoragul C. Anterior segment and external ocular disorders associated with HIV infections in the era of HAART in Chiang Mai University Hospital, a prospective descriptive cross sectional study. PLoS One. 2018;13(2). Bowling B. Kanski’s …
Ian Lockart1, Trine Gulholm2, Deborah J. Marriott3, Mark Danta1,4 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW Department of Microbiology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW Departments of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW St Vincent’s Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Last reviewed: November 2019
Gastrointestinal symptoms and illnesses are extremely common in the general population and also in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. When assessing them it is important to assess:- Detailed history of presenting symptoms including: onset, severity, site/location, frequency and progression, triggering and relieving factors and associated features such as fevers and weight loss. Degree …
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The following section will discuss the diagnosis and management of a number of common bacterial, viral and parasitic gastrointestinal infections that may be seen in people with HIV infection, and also non-infectious diarrhoea. A number of important HIV-associated conditions are covered elsewhere in the website – Kaposi’s sarcoma and HBV and HCV infections. Readers are …
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eTG complete [digital]. Melbourne: Therapeutic Guidelines Limited; 2019 Jun. <https://www.tg.org.au> Saag MS, Pavia AT, Chambers HF, Eliopoulos GM, Gilbert DN. The Sanford Guide to HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Therapy 2019. Sperryville: Antimicrobial Therapy Inc; 2019 Wilcox CM, Straub RF, CLark WS. Prospective evaluation of oropharyngeal findings in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with esophageal ulceration. Am J …
Jeffrey J. Post1,2,3 Department of Infectious Diseases, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW The Albion Centre, Sydney, NSW Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW Last reviewed: November 2019 Introduction The most common non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) that infect and cause disease in people with HIV infection are members of the …
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The frequency of other NTM infections in people with HIV infection is lower than infections with MAC. In one retrospective series from Germany over 10 years (2006-2016), there were 87 patients with HIV infection out of a total of 297 (29%) patients with NTM infection.36 Thirty eight per cent of the people with HIV infection …
. Crowe SM, Carlin JB, Stewart KI, et al. Predictive value of CD4 lymphocyte numbers for the development of opportunistic infections and malignancies in HIV-infected persons. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1991; 4:770-6. Phillips P, Bonner S, Gataric N, et al. Nontuberculous mycobacterial immune reconstitution syndrome in HIV-infected patients: spectrum of disease and long-term follow-up. Clin …
Suman Majumdar, Philipp du Cros Burnet Institute and Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne VIC Last reviewed: October 2019 Introduction Tuberculosis (TB) is an airborne infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and is an acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-defining illness in Australia and other high-income countries. TB remains a global health crisis with an …
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HIV co-infection is the most powerful known risk factor for progression of LTBI to active disease. The risk of progression from LTBI to active TB in people with HIV infection is approximately 5 to 8% per year, in contrast to a 10% lifetime risk in HIV-negative people.[1] HIV has an impact on the host-pathogen (M. …
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