Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Drug therapy
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol.

20 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: The objectives are to compare the effectiveness of cell phone-supported SMS messaging to standard care on adherence, quality of life, retention, and mortality in a population receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Nairobi, Kenya. ... Read more...

Cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after antiretroviral therapy in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective multicenter study.

13 Sep 2009 A prospective multicenter study of cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) was conducted as a substudy of the Bacteriology and Mycology Study Group 3-01. Of 101 AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis who received highly ... Read more...

Is it recurrent cryptococcal meningitis or immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome?

30 Aug 2009 We report a case of a 45-year-old patient with a history of cryptococcal meningitis who was started on antiretroviral therapy. The patient presented four months later with complaints of fever and memory loss. Lumbar puncture revealed positive ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - Drug therapy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The HAART cell phone adherence trial (WelTel Kenya1): a randomized controlled trial protocol. 20 Sep 2009
• Cryptococcal immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome after antiretroviral therapy in AIDS patients with cryptococcal meningitis: a prospective multicenter study. 13 Sep 2009
• Is it recurrent cryptococcal meningitis or immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome? 30 Aug 2009
• Survival after AIDS diagnosis in Italy, 1999-2006: a population-based study. 30 Aug 2009
• Improving outcomes in state AIDS drug assistance programs. 13 Aug 2009
• Accelerated immunodeficiency by anti-CCR5 treatment in HIV infection. 12 Aug 2009
• Uganda runs out of antiretroviral drugs after shortfall in aid. 5 Aug 2009
• The frequency of HIV-I drug resistance mutations among treatment-naive individuals at a tertiary care centre in south India. 30 Jul 2009
• Targeting anti-HIV drugs to the CNS. 30 Jul 2009
• 25 years of HIV research! ... and what about a vaccine? 30 Jul 2009
• Update on animal models for HIV research. 30 Jul 2009
• Treatment responses in antiretroviral treatment-naive premenopausal and postmenopausal HIV-1-infected women: an analysis from AIDS Clinical Trials Group Studies. 30 Jul 2009
• Virologic outcomes of changing enfuvirtide to raltegravir in HIV-1 patients well controlled on an enfuvirtide based regimen: 24-week results of the CHEER study. 30 Jul 2009
• Lopinavir/ritonavir in pregnancy. 30 Jul 2009
• High level HIV-1 DNA concentrations in brain tissues differentiate patients with post-HAART AIDS dementia complex or cardiovascular disease from those with AIDS. 28 Jul 2009
• Biopsy-proven immune reconstitution syndrome in a patient with AIDS and cerebral toxoplasmosis. 26 Jul 2009
• Effects of active HCV replication on neurologic status in HIV RNA virally suppressed patients. 26 Jul 2009
• PEPFAR's biggest success is also its largest liability. 16 Jul 2009
• Leprosy and Kaposi sarcoma presenting as an immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome in a patient with AIDS. 6 Jul 2009
• A combination drug of abacavir-lamivudine-zidovudine (Trizivir) for treating HIV infection and AIDS. 6 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome'

Definition: An acquired defect of cellular immunity associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a CD4-positive T-lymphocyte count under 200 cells/microliter or less than 14% of total lymphocytes, and increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections and malignant neoplasms. Clinical manifestations also include emaciation (wasting) and dementia. These elements reflect criteria for AIDS as defined by the CDC in 1993.

Descriptor UI: D000163

Alternative terms: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Immunologic Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome; Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndromes; Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome, Acquired; Immuno-Deficiency Syndromes, Acquired; Syndrome, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency; Syndromes, Acquired Immuno-Deficiency; Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Acquired; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndromes; Immunodeficiency Syndromes, Acquired; Syndrome, Acquired Immunodeficiency; Syndromes, Acquired Immunodeficiency; AIDS;

Related Mesh Headings: HIV Seropositivity; AIDS Serodiagnosis; AIDS Dementia Complex; HIV Seroprevalence; Lymphoma, AIDS-Related; AIDS Arteritis, Central Nervous System;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; transmission; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C02.782.815.616.400.040; C02.800.801.400.040; C02.839.040; C20.673.480.040;

History Note: 83

Technical Notes: caused by HIV; coord IM with HIV-1 or HIV-2 (IM) if pertinent; /epidemiol: consider also HIV SEROPREVALENCE; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS is available if particularly discussed: see note there; for lymphoma with AIDS, use LYMPHOMA, AIDS-RELATED