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MRSA in the Groin of HIV Patients Ups Infection Risk

Colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the groin area of HIV-infected adults increases risk for subsequent clinical infection, according to results of a prospective study carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Published
14 March 2013
From
Medscape (requires registration)
Opportunistic infections
CMV Retinitis Drug Recalled

One lot of cidofovir for intravenous infusion (Vistide), used to treat cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis in AIDS patients, has been recalled because of particulate matter in some vials, the FDA said.

Published
19 February 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Smoking
Stopping Smoking Reduces Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia in People With HIV

A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies finds that current smokers with HIV were at double the risk of bacterial pneumonia than non-smoking counterparts, but that when people stopped smoking their risk was reduced.

Published
22 January 2013
From
Science Daily (press release)
Immunisations
Higher Dose Flu Vaccine Works Better for People with HIV

HIV positive people who received a quadruple dose of a trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine produced more protective antibodies without a significant increase in side effects, researchers reported in the January 1, 2013, Annals of Internal Medicine.

Published
04 January 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Opportunistic infections
A drug used to treat HIV might defuse deadly Staph infections

A new study by NYU School of Medicine researchers suggests that an existing HIV drug called maraviroc could be a potential therapy for Staphylococcus aureus, a notorious and deadly pathogen linked to hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations each year. Their study is published online this week in Nature.

Published
17 December 2012
From
NYU Langone Medical Center
Opportunistic infections
How and why herpes viruses reactivate to cause disease

The word "herpes" conjures negative stereotypes, but most people are infected with some form of the virus. After a flare-up, the virus usually remains latent until the right circumstances to return. Now, research in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology sheds some light on what triggers the virus to reactivate. It shows that the immune system may actually lose control over the virus when facing new microbial threats, such as fending off other viruses or bacteria.

Published
01 November 2012
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
Immunisations
US: New Pneumococcal Vaccines Recs for People Living with HIV

People living with HIV should receive two different vaccines to help prevent serious strep-related illness.  

Published
19 October 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Immunisations
CDC Recommends Pneumococcal Vaccine Combo for Immune Compromised People

Immunocompromised individuals, including people with HIV, should receive both the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine Prevnar 13 and the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine Pneumovax 23 to prevent pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive disease, according to the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Published
18 October 2012
From
HIVandhepatitis.com
Opportunistic infections
Meningitis Vaccine Now Recommended for Certain HIV+ Gay Men in NYC

New York City HIV-positive men who have had intimate contact with other men under certain circumstances since the beginning of September 2012 should receive the meningococcal vaccine, according to a new recommendation from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

Published
08 October 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Opportunistic infections
HIV could be turning salmonella nastier

A nastier kind of salmonella infection has emerged alongside the HIV epidemic in Africa. The finding is the first evidence that HIV might be allowing new human pathogens to evolve in immunosuppressed people.

Published
02 October 2012
From
New Scientist
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