Increased Risk of Meningococcal Disease in Men Who Have Sex With Men
Men who have sex with men have an increased risk of meningococcal disease, however, this risk is under-ascertained and improved surveillance is needed.
Men who have sex with men have an increased risk of meningococcal disease, however, this risk is under-ascertained and improved surveillance is needed.
Close to one-third of sexually active HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) have not received syphilis screening in the past 12 months.
Alcohol use may be associated with microstructural compromise to frontal white matter in patients infected with HIV who do not have dementia and are undergoing antiretroviral therapy.
In the new subgroup analysis, these results were found to be consistent regardless of baseline regimen.
The approval of Intelence for this patient population was based on an open-label, single arm trial (N=20) which showed that the safety and efficacy of etravirine + an optimized background regimen (ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor in combination with 1 or 2 NRTIs [N=14] and/or combination with an integrase inhibitor [N=7]) was comparable to that observed in adults.
The FDA has approved Symtuza for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in treatment-naive and in virologically suppressed adults.
Concerns and motivations regarding living donor status in people with HIV should be assessed by physicians and independent living donor advocates.
Investigators used DXA scans to assess the progression to osteopenia and osteoporosis in individuals with HIV.
Considerable numbers of MSM and persons who inject drugs who are unaware of their HIV infection report missed opportunities for diagnosis.
Infectious Disease Advisor speaks with Elizabeth D. Lowenthal, MD, about the challenges associated with revealing HIV seropositive status to children.