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Opportunistic Infectious Disease - Articles
Intersecting Epidemics: HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
by
Dave W.
Posted
Sat 17 Oct 2009 10:00pm
Hi, I’m Justin Eusebio.
While tuberculosis is one of the world’s oldest surviving plagues and HIV-1 infection is one of medicine’s newest challenges, there is an undeniable relationship between HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Independently, Mycobacteria tuberculosis and HIV are formidable pathogens but in concert, the prospects for controlling eit ...
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May is Lyme Disease Awareness – Q & A Part One
by
Tilling Mama
Posted
Sat 01 May 2010 7:17am
strong>Question: Why aren’t you well yet? The IDSA (Infectious Disease Society of America) says you should be well with 4 weeks of treatment. It has been more than a year since your diagnosis. What gives?
Answer: Lyme Disease is a complex disease that rarely involves just one infectious disease. Ticks are cesspools of bacteria, parasites an ...
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What’s The Big Deal About Lyme Disease, Anyway?
by
Tilling Mama
Posted
Mon 09 May 2011 10:39pm
This is a repost from last year sometime. Thought it might be a good one for Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Please share the link on your facebook wall. Anyone can get lyme. You don’t have to love the woods, you don’t have to own a dog, you don’t even need to leave the city to get it. So learn about it. And do your friends a favor by shari ...
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Opportunistic Infections in Developing Nations: A World Away
by
Dave W.
Posted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 3:20pm
In the United States and other developed nations, for many people, AIDS has become a manageable disease. With adequate care and lots of medication, HIV positive individuals can live with relatively few serious complications for a long time. In the US, 71% of HIV-infected individuals have at least started HAART therapy, decreasing deaths per infecte ...
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Opportunistic Infections in Developing Nations: A World Away
by
Dave W.
Posted
Fri 22 Aug 2008 8:13am
In the United States and other developed nations, for many people, AIDS has become a manageable disease. With adequate care and lots of medication, HIV positive individuals can live with relatively few serious complications for a long time. In the US, 71% of HIV-infected individuals have at least started HAART therapy, decreasing deaths per infec ...
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HIV Opportunistic Infection Guidelines Updated
by
Paul Sax
Posted
Wed 08 May 2013 6:25pm
Some very hard-working folks at the NIH, CDC, and IDSA have updated the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents, which are available for review here .
As with the previous versions (the prior iteration is from 2009), the OI Guidelines are comprehensive, exhaustively refe ...
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Disease Transmission Between Wild and Domestic Cats
by
Dr. Patty Khuly
Posted
Mon 27 Feb 2012 4:53pm
Most cat owners understand the reasons why it’s best not to let their pets roam outdoors without supervision or protection. Indoor cats live on average twice as long as do cats that roam freely primarily because of their reduced risk of infectious disease and traumatic injury.
Cats with access to the outdoors are also responsible for kil ...
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Opportunistic infections
by
Nelson V.
Posted
Sun 08 Feb 2009 12:00am
By Dr Chaisson
TB has decreased a lot in Africa
Treating poz patients who have TB with HAART and TB treatment (rifampin)at the same time works best to improve survival.
Immune reconstitution disease in those with HIV and TB is a strong factor in complications.
Those with cryptococal meningitis and hiv have higher mortality with immune ...
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