Category Archives: Treatment

Background: HIV-1 resistance tests, both phenotype and genotype, have been entering clinical practice during the last years, but limited prospective studies have been reported in antiretroviral-treated patients with virological failure....

Prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) programmes have traditionally been narrow in scope, targeting biomedical interventions during the perinatal period, rather than considering HIV as a family disease. This...

Studies investigating effectiveness of group psychotherapy intervention in depression in persons with HIV have showed varying results with differing effect sizes. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials of group...

OBJECTIVE: To review the role of therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for protease inhibitors in the treatment of HIV infection. DATA SOURCES: Primary articles were identified using MEDLINE (1966-October 2000), EMBASE...

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cotrimoxazole reduces mortality in adults receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in low- and middle-income countries through a systematic review and meta-analysis....

Avascular necrosis (AVN) is a pathological process associated with many medical conditions, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Whether or not the use of protease inhibitors (PIs) confers additional risk...

The purposes of this study were to (a) review original research in the United States on the intersection of HIV risk and intimate partner violence (IPV) in women, and (b)...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the literature on protease inhibitor (PI)-associated QT interval prolongation and risk for torsade de pointes in patients infected by HIV. DATA SOURCES: Primary literature was identified through...

Russia has one of the highest rates of alcohol consumption and is experiencing one of the fastest-growing HIV epidemics in the world. Given these co-occurring health problems, we systematically reviewed...

Effective therapeutic options for patients living with chronic pain are limited. The pain relieving effect of cannabinoids remains unclear. A systematic review of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) examining cannabinoids in...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The HIV-1 pandemic has disproportionately affected individuals in resource-constrained settings. It is important to determine if other prevalent infections affect the progression of HIV-1 in co-infected individuals...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients often fail to produce protective antibodies to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine. Some reports have suggested that increased-dose vaccination improves immune response to HBV vaccine...