Successful HIV Treatment

Successful Desensitization Efavirenz in 8 -year-Old HIV-Positive Child

Background & Aims: Allergic reaction is a common side effect of Efavirenz and drug replacement may not be an option to physicians. Here, a successful drug desensitization experiment on an 8-year-old female child over a period of 9 days is reported. Case presentation: The patient was an 8-year old female child with HIV in Kerman, Iran who had been received oral efavirenz together with lamivudine...

Successful paediatric HIV treatment in rural primary care in Africa

OBJECTIVE Clinical outcomes of HIV-infected children on antiretroviral treatment (ART) in a decentralised, nurse/counsellor-led programme. DESIGN Clinical cohort. SETTING KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. PATIENTS HIV-infected children aged <or=15 years on ART, June 2004-2008. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Survival according to baseline characteristics including age, WHO clinical stage, haemoglobin ...

Successful treatment of syphilitic uveitis in HIV-positive patients

We report successful treatment of syphilitic uveitis in a case series of three Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients at Malaysia's Selayang Hospital eye clinic. All three patients with syphilitic uveitis were male, aged from 23 to 35 years old, with a history of high-risk behaviors. Of the patients, two presented with blurring of vision and only one patient presented with floater...

Successful treatment of babesiosis in a horse

Plasmacytoid Dendritic cells (pDCs) in HIV-infected and HIV/HCV-co-infected patients receiving successful treatment

INTRODUCTION Depletion of cellular pool and constant activation of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) in HIV-infected persons (HIV+) are associated with disease progression and manifestation of opportunistic infections. The influence of highly-active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) and suppressed HCV-co-infection (HIV+/HCV+) on the extent of these changes remains unknown. OBJECTIVE To study...