Category Archives: Treatment

HCV cure and reinfection among people with HIV/HCV coinfection and people who inject drugs

2017

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Highly effective, well-tolerated interferon-free direct-acting antivirals (DAA) have revolutionised hepatitis C virus (HCV) therapeutics, with the opportunity for broad treatment scale-up among marginalised or “high-risk” populations, including...

Healthy aging in older women living with HIV infection: A systematic review of psychosocial factors

2017

Due to life-enhancing effects of antiretroviral therapy, HIV-positive persons have the potential for long life comparable to their uninfected peers. Older women (age 50+) living with HIV (OWLH) are often...

Virological success after 12 and 24 months of antiretroviral therapy in sub-Saharan Africa: Comparing results of trials, cohorts and cross-sectional studies using a systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

BACKGROUND: UNAIDS recently defined the 90-90-90 target as a way to end the HIV epidemic. However, the proportion of virological success following antiretroviral therapy (ART) may not be as high...

Enhancing public health HIV interventions: A qualitative meta-synthesis and systematic review of studies to improve linkage to care, adherence, and retention

2017

Although HIV services are expanding, few have reached the scale necessary to support universal viral suppression of individuals living with HIV. The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize...

Adverse drug reactions during drug-resistant TB treatment in high HIV prevalence settings: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of adverse drug reactions or events (ADR) during drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) treatment in the context of settings with high HIV prevalence (at least 20% of...

New treatment strategies for HIV-positive cancer patients undergoing antiblastic chemotherapy

2016

INTRODUCTION: The introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) into clinical practice has dramatically changed the outcome of HIV-infected patients by prolonging their survival. The increase in life expectancy has...

HIV infection and aortic stiffness

2017

People living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and receiving antiretroviral therapy now have the same life expectancy as the general population. However, they have a higher risk of atherosclerotic...

Adverse effects of oral second-line antituberculosis drugs in children

2016

INTRODUCTION: Increasing numbers of children with drug-resistant tuberculosis are accessing second-line antituberculosis drugs; these are more toxic than first-line drugs. Little is known about the safety of new antituberculosis drugs...

Postnatal HIV transmission in breastfed infants of HIV-infected women on ART: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

INTRODUCTION: To systematically review the literature on mother-to-child transmission in breastfed infants whose mothers received antiretroviral therapy and support the process of updating the World Health Organization infant feeding guidelines...

HIV and orthopaedics: Musculoskeletal manifestations and outcomes

2016

Advances in combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) in recent years have transformed HIV infection into a chronic disease when treatment is available, increasing a patient’s life expectancy and the chances that...

Efficacy and safety of atazanavir/ritonavir-based antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1 infected subjects: A systematic review and meta-analysis

2017

Atazanavir (ATZ) is a well-tolerated protease inhibitor that can be boosted with ritonavir (r) to treat infection with resistant strains of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1). The aim of this...

Cerebrovascular disease in children with HIV-1 infection

2016

An estimated 3.2 million children worldwide have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has resulted in prolonged survival, leading to an increase in complications previously recognized in adults....

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