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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
Health problems
Starting HIV treatment reduces the risk of serious non-AIDS-related diseases

Serious non-AIDS-defining illnesses are common in people recently diagnosed with HIV, Spanish investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. “Clinicians should be aware that during the initial

Published
09 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
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
Opportunistic infections
NYC Warns of Cluster of Life-Threatening Meningitis in HIV+ Gay Men

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene investigating a cluster of potentially lethal invasive meningococcal disease among HIV-positive gay men.

Published
28 September 2012
From
AIDSMeds
HIV treatment in children
Watch for cryptococcal disease in children with HIV, South African doctors warn

Clinicians in low- and middle-income countries should give greater consideration to the possibility that infants and children with HIV are presenting with symptoms of cryptococcal disease, according to

Published
17 September 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Opportunistic infections
Ganciclovir Cuts CMV Organ Damage in HIV

Preemptive therapy dramatically reduced the risk of cytomegalovirus (CMV) end-organ damage in patients with HIV, researchers reported here.

Published
13 September 2012
From
MedPage Today
Opportunistic infections
ETHIOPIA: Safe water critical to health of HIV-positive people

Beletu Hailemariam, 32, is HIV-positive and knows she should avoid contracting opportunistic infections that could further compromise her immune system. But she lives in one of poorer suburbs of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, and has to share a toilet with dozens of people and walk long distances to access clean water. A year ago, she was diagnosed with typhoid.

Published
28 August 2012
From
IRIN Plus News
Opportunistic infections
Detectable viral load and low CD4 cell count are risk factors for shingles in HIV-positive people

A CD4 cell count below 500 cells/mm3 and a detectable viral load are risk factors for herpes zoster (shingles) in HIV-positive people, US investigators report in the

Published
21 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
Opportunistic infections
Changing epidemiology of opportunistic infections in US: still common in inner cities

Large overall declines in opportunistic infections (OIs) among people with HIV in the US mask continued high rates in inner city populations, according to a presentation on

Published
24 July 2012
By
Liz Highleyman
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