Due to innate and adaptive immune alterations and the risk for nosocomial infection from exposure to potentially infected blood-borne sources, patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) have an elevated risk of contracting viral infections.
The estimated US prevalence of HBV is roughly 2% in the general population and 0.7% to 0.9% among pregnant women.
The PA-I38 mutations were noted frequently in influenza A/H3N2 viruses compared with A/H1N1pdm or influenza B viruses.
In the United States, approximately 3.5 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus, which contributes to psychological and cognitive disorders for about half of all patients.
Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease that is transmitted by phlebotomine sand flies infected with Leishmania parasites.
Managing the risk for infection is one of the primary tasks in optimizing outcomes for solid organ transplant recipients.
The review authors used existing evidence to recommend a new model of palliative care integration in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of neonatal respiratory distress, and is most commonly acquired at birth.
Rates of HIV-associated dementia have decreased from approximately 50% in the pre-cART era to 2% currently. However, roughly 50% of patients treated with cART have the milder forms of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND).
Several physicians explore the etiology of osteopenia and osteoporosis in patients with HIV and HCV who are undergoing antiretroviral therapy.
