A Clinical Guide to Supportive and Palliative Care for HIV/AIDS
Introduction
What is
culture?
Culture refers to learned patterns of behaviors, beliefs... with both their identity and a framework for understanding experience.1 When we refer to
culture in its broadest sense..., and life views.
Culture and nationality, however, are not synonymous. The United States, for example...crap
TCID vs RNA PCR vs DNA PCR
I have results from a PBMC
culture of one copy per 1,000,000
cells and my RNA PCR is less than 100....I.C. TCID vs RNA PCR vs DNA PCR TCID is an abbreviation for tissue
culture infectious dose.... Briefly, someone took 1M of your
cells and incubated them with some HIV negative peripheral blood...crap
Baraclude 0.5mg
HBV is prevalent in my Vietnamese
culture, so I decided to have a Hepatic panel in January 2008. My surface antigen and other lab results concluded I was a Chronic carrier. My DNA levels were 3 billion. In March 2008, I was referred to a Liver specialist and had a biopsy and an ultrasound. Results were mild...crap
still no answer?
i have a low t
cell count but rising three months ago i only had about 20 t
cells now i have a little over 100 and my viral load is undetectable. The only thing i suffered from with the low t
cell...-- hence the use of the ?Bacitracin (mupirocin) ointment. A
culture of the wound may be instructive, and perhaps even a biopsy...crap
Urinary tract infection, help!
. My VL has been between 100 to 800. My T-
cells have alway been around 520. My last test (August 14th) VL 1000 and t-
cells down to 440. Two days prior to my test I notice puss coming out of my penis..., then go back and see if the doctor will take a
culture of the pus to identify the germ that is causing this....crap
Cystic fibrosis, cepacia, human parvo virus and now aspergillus
now
cultures cepacia ...not thought to be seen before and sent off to Vancouver for genomevar identification ... whilst/since on 3 weeks of IV's he has now
cultured aspergillus and has apparently contracted human parvo virus ...his blood work shows his white
cells have come back up to normal limits but his red
cells...crap
Still undetectable
Thank you for this forum.I just got back from the doctor and vl was still under 400(undetectable) t-
cell 836 with 36%.This is some what down from last testing which was 900 t-
cell and 43%. Is there any reason for concern? Also am getting a blood
culture done to see if the virus is still present...crap
test procedure for HIV drug resistant
I have diagnostic centre in central india, got pcr setup recently want to know
cell culture based drug resistant test procedure & details about genotype , phenotype. thank you. Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C. test procedure for HIV drug resistant This is way too complex of an issue to discuss...crap
HIV - Anal Warts - Healing After Surgery
I am currently on several medications, my viral load is at 70,000, and my T-
Cell count is low at 5. Six months ago I had surgery to remove anal warts and have had a problem ever since. The area just does not seem to be healing and is also producing a mucous-like discharge. My Doctor has done
cultures...crap
What is it???
, has an undetectable vl and 300+ t
cells. But she is subject to periodic bouts of unexplained fever, vomiting, and fatigue. It's so bad now (her fever spiked at 105) that she's in the hospital. All the
cultures... to undergo a thorough evaluation, which includes tests other than
cultures. There may be clues...crap