Category Archives: Co-infections

Association between diabetes mellitus and active tuberculosis in Africa and the effect of HIV

2017

OBJECTIVE: To determine current evidence for the association between diabetes and active tuberculosis in Africa, and how HIV modifies, or not, any association between diabetes and active tuberculosis. METHODS: We...

Effect of secondary preventive therapy on recurrence of tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals: A systematic review

2017

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals successfully treated for tuberculosis (TB) remain at risk of recurrence of the disease, especially in high TB incidence settings. We performed a systematic review, investigating...

Prisoners co-infected with tuberculosis and HIV: A systematic review

2016

INTRODUCTION: Almost from the beginning of the HIV epidemic in 1981, an association with tuberculosis (TB) was recognized. This association between HIV and TB co-infection has been particularly evident amongst...

Association of HIV infection with extrapulmonary tuberculosis: A systematic review

2017

PURPOSE: HIV/AIDS is a known risk factor for the development of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB). However, the association is less clear between HIV and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB). We conducted a systematic...

Depression in HIV and HCV co-infected patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

The aim of this study was to carry out a systematic review and meta-analysis of the differences in the prevalence of depression and presence of depressive symptoms between HIV/HCV co-infection,...

Seroprevalence and diagnosis of HIV, HBV, HCV and syphilis infections among blood donors

2017

BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion is one of the most important therapeutic options of life-saving intervention for recipients who are in diseased or non-diseased conditions with severe blood loss. However, it is...

Incidence of hepatitis C in HIV positive and negative men who have sex with men 2000-2016: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2016

BACKGROUND: There is a need for systematic reviews and meta-analyses to synthesize the epidemiology, and the riskfactors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) among HIV-coinfected and HIV negative men who have...

Interferon-free therapies for patients with chronic hepatitis C genotype 3 infection: A systematic review

2016

Treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with genotype 3 remains a challenge. The HCV elimination rate with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) is lower than the values reported for other HCV...

Toxoplasmic encephalitis relapse rates with pyrimethamine-based therapy: Systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is caused by Toxoplasma gondii infection and can be a life-threatening disease in immunocompromised patients. This study evaluated the rate of relapse associated with pyrimethamine-based maintenance therapy...

Alcohol use disorder and its impact on chronic hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections

2016

Alcohol use disorder (AUD) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection frequently co-occur. AUD is associated with greater exposure to HCV infection, increased HCV infection persistence, and more extensive liver damage...

A systematic review of the incidence, risk factors and case fatality rates of invasive nontyphoidal salmonella (iNTS) disease in Africa (1966 to 2014)

2017

This study systematically reviews the literature on the occurrence, incidence and case fatality rate (CFR) of invasive nontyphoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease in Africa from 1966 to 2014. Data on the...

Seroprevalence of hepatitis C virus among people living with HIV/AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean: A systematic review

2016

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the immunosuppression induced by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) accelerates the natural history of liver disease associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV), with 3- to...

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