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New and Noteworthy
       
September 2011
 
General Reports: Miscellaneous Studies
       

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
Opportunistic disorders of the gastrointestinal tract in the age of highly active
antiretroviral therapy.
Huppmann AR, Orenstein JM.
Hum Pathol. 2010 Dec;41(12):1777-1787.
 Abstract

Biopsy of peripheral lymph nodes: a useful tool to diagnose opportunistic diseases in
HIV-infected patients.
Ramos CG, Goldani LZ.
Trop Doct. 2010 Oct 12.
 Abstract

What's New in the 2009 US Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic
Infections Among Adults and Adolescents with HIV?
Brooks JT, Kaplan JE, Masur H.
Top HIV Med. 2009 Jul-Aug;17(3):109-14
 Abstract

FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
 Early antiretroviral therapy reduces AIDS progression/death in individuals with acute opportunistic
infections: a multicenter randomized strategy trial.
Zolopa A, Andersen J, Powderly W, et al 
PLoS ONE. 2009;4(5):e5575
 Paper

Update on the treatment of serious fungal infections
Borges Sa M.
 Rev Esp Quimioter. 2008;21 Spec No 1:14-25
 Abstract
 
Gastroduodenal opportunistic infections and dyspepsia in HIV-infected patients in the era of
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy.
Werneck-Silva AL, Prado IB.  
J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Nov 26
 Abstract
 
Opportunistic Disease and Mortality in Patients Coinfected with Hepatitis B or C Virus in the
Strategic Management of Antiretroviral Therapy (SMART) Study.
 Tedaldi E, Peters L, Neuhaus J, et al 
Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 29.
 Abstract

Fungal infection as a risk factor for HIV disease progression among patients with a CD4 count
above 200/microl in the era of cART.
Podlekareva D, Mocroft A, Kirk O, et al
Scand J Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 18:1-6.
 Abstract

Susceptibility to opportunistic infections in HIV-infected patients with increased CD4
T-cell counts on antiretroviral therapy may be predicted by markers of dysfunctional effector
memory CD4 T cells and B cells.
French M, Keane N, McKinnon E, et al
HIV Med. 2007 Apr;8(3):148-55.
 Abstract
 
Factors associated with the development of opportunistic infections in HIV-1-infected adults
with high CD4+ cell counts: a EuroSIDA study.
Podlekareva D, Mocroft A, Dragsted UB,  
J Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 1;194(5):633-41
 Abstract
 
Contribution of T Cell Subsets to the Pathophysiology of Pneumocystis-Related Immunorestitution
Disease.
Bhagwat SP, Gigliotti F, Xu H, Wright TW.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2006 Aug 4;
Abstract
 
Opportunistic infection as a cause of transient viremia in chronically infected HIV patients
under treatment with HAART.
Jones E, Perelson AS.  
Bull Math Biol. 2005 Jul 13;
Abstract
 
Declining Gastrointestinal Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Persons: A Triumph of
Science and a Challenge for Our HAARTs and Minds.
Raufman JP.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jul;100(7):1455-8.
 Abstract
 
Occurrence of gastrointestinal opportunistic disorders in AIDS despite the use of highly active
antiretroviral therapy.
Monkemuller KE, Lazenby AJ, et al
 Dig Dis Sci. 2005 Feb;50(2):230-4.
 Abstract
 

Opportunistic diseases in HIV infection
Furrer H.
LymphoidTher Umsch. 2004 Oct;61(10):625-30.
 Abstract

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  Opportunistic disease and mortality in patients co-infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV)
and/or hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the SMART (Strategic Management of Antiretroviral
Therapy) study
Tedaldi E, Puoti M, Neuhaus J, et al
 (4th IAS Conference)
 Abstract
Epidemiology (also refer to epidemiology for specific OIs)
       

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Emerging trends in the epidemiology of invasive mycoses in England and Wales
(1990-9).
Lamagni TL, Evans BG, Shigematsu M, Johnson EM
Epidemiol Infect 2001 Jun;126(3):397-414
 Abstract

          Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

 
POSTER
 The Burden of OI in Adults Receiving ART in Resource-limited Settings in Médecins
Sans Frontières-supported Projects
S Balkan, D O'Brien, P Humblet, et al
(14 CROI)
 PDF Poster     Abstract

HIV/AIDS - related opportunistic infections among women in poor resource
settings in Côte d'Ivoire
BD Soura
 (15IAC)
 Abstract
 
Viral Load
       

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Viral load as an independent risk factor for opportunistic infections in HIV-infected
adults and adolescents.
Kaplan JE, Hanson DL, Jones JL, Dworkin MS.
AIDS. 2001 Sep 28;15(14):1831-6.
 Abstract
Diagnostics
       

            Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Biopsy of peripheral lymph nodes: a useful tool to diagnose opportunistic diseases in
HIV-infected patients.
Ramos CG, Goldani LZ.
Trop Doct. 2010 Oct 12.
Abstract

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