Challenges to HIV treatment adherence amongst adolescents in a low socio-economic setting in Cape Town [0.03%]
开普敦低经济社会环境中青少年艾滋病治疗依从性的挑战
Brian E van Wyk,Lee-Ann C Davids
Brian E van Wyk
Background: Despite the successful rollout of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) and steep declines in HIV incidence in South Africa, this has not been the case for adolescents (10-19 years). Adolescents on HIV treatment have ...
Kaminie Moodley,Pierre L A Bill,Vinod B Patel
Kaminie Moodley
Background: This study is a review of the clinical findings and treatment outcome of 11 HIV-infected patients with motor lumbosacral radiculopathy. Object...
Knowledge and perceptions of male immigrants in Leeds (UK) towards male circumcision as an HIV prevention strategy [0.03%]
英国利兹市男性移民有关男用包皮切除术作为艾滋病预防策略的知识和认知状况调查报告
Catherine Atuhaire,Kabanda Taseera,Chris Spoor et al.
Catherine Atuhaire et al.
Background: The World Health Organization has accepted and recommended medical male circumcision (MMC) as an HIV prevention strategy. Despite the advantages of MMC, the rate of uptake of this practice among immigrants and...
Unexpected low frequency of respiratory symptoms in an HIV-positive urban sub-Saharan population compared to an HIV-negative control group [0.03%]
与HIV阴性的对照组相比，城市撒哈拉以南国家的HIV阳性人群出现呼吸系统症状的频率较低
Maren Kummerow,Erica J Shaddock,Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch et al.
Maren Kummerow et al.
Background: Chronic respiratory illnesses and respiratory infections are common in HIV-positive populations. It seems reasonable that HIV-positive people experience more respiratory symptoms, such as coughing and breathle...
Evaluation of a health system intervention to improve virological management in an antiretroviral programme at a municipal clinic in central Durban [0.03%]
评价在德班市一家市政诊所提高抗逆转录病毒治疗项目的病毒学管理水平的卫生系统干预措施的效果
Christie M Cloete,Jane Hampton,Terusha Chetty et al.
Christie M Cloete et al.
Background: With the largest antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme globally, demand for effective HIV management is increasing in South Africa. While viral load (VL) testing is conducted, VL follow-up and management are ...
Nithendra Manickchund,Camille du Plessis,Melanie-Anne A John et al.
Nithendra Manickchund et al.
Introduction: Anemia is common in HIV. Parvo B19 infection is a well-recognised cause of red cell aplasia. Other causes of persistent pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) include anti-retroviral drugs such as zidovudine and lamiv...
Acceptability of short text messages to support treatment adherence among adolescents living with HIV in a rural and urban clinic in KwaZulu-Natal [0.03%]
夸祖鲁纳塔尔农村和城市诊所艾滋病青少年患者接受短消息支持治疗的情况
Mthokozisi A Cele,Moherndran Archary
Mthokozisi A Cele
Background: The use of mobile communication technologies (mHealth) has improved adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adults. Adolescents have disproportionally lower levels of adherence and viral suppression...
The diagnostic utility of bone marrow examination in an infectious disease ward [0.03%]
骨髓检查在传染病科的诊断价值
Nirvana Bharuthram,Charles Feldman
Nirvana Bharuthram
Background: Patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus often present with unexplained fevers or cytopenias. Bone marrow aspirate and trephine examinations are an invasive means to aid diagnoses in patients who pr...
Birth outcomes following antiretroviral exposure during pregnancy: Initial results from a pregnancy exposure registry in South Africa [0.03%]
南非妊娠暴露登记处的抗逆转录病毒药物在怀孕期间使用对出生结果的影响的初步研究结果
Ushma C Mehta,Cari van Schalkwyk,Prineetha Naidoo et al.
Ushma C Mehta et al.
Background: In 2013, a pregnancy exposure registry and birth defects surveillance (PER/BDS) system was initiated in eThekwini District, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), to assess the impact of antiretroviral treatment (ART) on birth ...
An unusual case of abdominal mycobacterial infection: Case report and literature review [0.03%]
罕见的腹腔结核感染病例报道及文献复习
Pieter Ekermans,Rene de Gama,Celeste Kock et al.
Pieter Ekermans et al.
This article presents a case of an HIV-infected paediatric patient with an unusual Mycobacterium genavense infection with predominantly abdominal organ involvement. ...