Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a germ that causes a lifelong infection that slowly weakens the immune system. Though ...

When you have HIV/AIDS, you’re at higher risk of infections your body would normally be able to fight off. They can also be more severe, more frequent, or both. These infections are called ...

They also need to protect themselves from opportunistic infections, which are a serious threat to anyone living with HIV. HIV is a virus that attacks CD4 cells (T cells). These white blood cells ...

In this study we prospectively compare the prevalence of gastrointestinal opportunistic infections in dyspeptic versus non-dyspeptic HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency.

From two injections per year to one against HIV. "It is a hopeful step and ... at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI). The trial demonstrates that medication ...

"This patient died of AIDS and resultant opportunistic infections that result from untreated HIV infection, including central nervous system toxoplasmosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, tuberculosis ...

People with HIV develop AIDS if their CD4 counts fall below a certain level. AIDS increases the risk of opportunistic infections, those that happen more often or severely in people with weak ...

Systemic fungal infections continue to be a major cause of illness and death in people with HIV, while superficial or uncomplicated infections are commonly noted. Among the opportunistic fungal ...

These individuals weren’t at risk of HIV. But the levels of the drug ... the findings at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in San Francisco. “I was just so excited ...

[14] Whatever the reason, HIV-infected patients with low CD4 cell counts remain at a high risk for opportunistic diseases, including gastrointestinal infections. In summary, this study has shown ...

If you are HIV+, your risk of developing an opportunistic infection increases as your CD4 count decreases ... a fungus that is the most important cause of pneumonia in people with HIV/Aids and, in ...