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Opportunistic infections are infections that occur more frequently in people with advanced HIV disease, including tuberculosis, cryptococcal meningitis, pneumonia and toxoplasmosis.

Opportunistic infections

Detectable viral load and low CD4 cell count are risk factors for shingles in HIV-positive people

News
21 August 2012
Opportunistic infections

Changing epidemiology of opportunistic infections in US: still common in inner cities

News
24 July 2012
Side effects

Diarrhoea remains a common problem in people with HIV

News
6 July 2012
Opportunistic infections

HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: cotrimoxazole prophylaxis

News
23 June 2012
Opportunistic infections

FDA Approves Foscarnet for HIV-Related CMV Retinitis, Herpes

Editor's pick
Medscape (requires registration)
11 May 2012
Cardiovascular disease

Does CMV underlie the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with HIV?

News
16 April 2012
Opportunistic infections

'Social networks' may explain high prevalence of MRSA colonization seen in patients with HIV

News
27 February 2012
Opportunistic infections

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis reduces death rate by almost 60% in adults taking ART in low and middle-income countries

News
10 February 2012
Opportunistic infections

Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis is cost-effective for people starting ART in sub-Saharan Africa

News
10 February 2012
Opportunistic infections

First-Ever Treatment Guidelines Released for Major Cause of Death of People Living with HIV

Editor's pick
MSF
13 December 2011
Opportunistic infections

New vaccine against pneumococcal disease approved for UK

News
30 November 2011
Opportunistic infections

HIV-Infected Patients Respond Poorly to Pneumococcal Vaccine

Editor's pick
Medscape (requires registration)
4 November 2011
Improving HIV care

Free cotrimoxazole improves retention in care among adults not yet eligible for ART

News
18 August 2011
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

HPTN 052: early treatment reduces serious illness by 40%

News
18 July 2011
Opportunistic infections

South Africa: Crucial HIV drug in short supply

Editor's pick
Business Day
28 June 2011
Opportunistic infections

Can a blood test show if an HIV-positive patient has PCP?

News
28 June 2011
Opportunistic infections

South Africa: HIV Breeds More Pneumonia

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AllAfrica
12 May 2011
People who inject drugs

Drug use increasingly associated with microbial infections

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Science Daily
11 May 2011
Opportunistic infections

Tracking The Evolution And Spread Of Deadly Fungus, One Of The World's Major Killers

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HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today
4 May 2011
Resistance

The Ten-Year Timeline for Antibiotics Burnout

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IPS
7 April 2011
Resistance

Superbug gene rife in Delhi water supply

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The Guardian
7 April 2011
Opportunistic infections

Fall in MRSA infection in HIV patients

News
21 March 2011
Opportunistic infections

No reduction in postnatal death or illness with cotrimoxazole prophylaxis for mothers with HIV

News
24 February 2011
Opportunistic infections

Screening ART patients for cryptococcal disease is cost effective and will save lives

News
9 December 2010