Rates of and factors associated with self-reported prior HIV testing among adult medical patients in an inner city emergency department in the Bronx, New York City

Article Abstract:

Many people at high risk for contracting HIV infection are getting tested but many others are not. In a survey of 1,744 people seen in an inner city emergency department, 43.1% had been tested for HIV. Women and blacks were most likely to be tested and homeless people also had a surprisingly high test rate. However, older people, those whose first language was not English, those without insurance and sexually active white men were least likely to be tested. Further efforts are needed to reach people in these groups who have risk factors for HIV infection.

Services, Surveys, HIV testing, HIV tests, Inner cities

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A prospective study of tuberculosis and HIV disease progression

Article Abstract:

Tuberculosis does not appear to hasten the progression of HIV infection but it does increase the risk of other opportunistic infections. This was the conclusion of a study of 190 HIV-infected patients, 70 of whom also had tuberculosis. A CD4+ T cell count below 100 and a prior opportunistic infection also increased the risk of additional opportunistic infections.

Health aspects, Development and progression, Tuberculosis, Comorbidity

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Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in HIV-seropositive and HIV-seronegative drug users

Article Abstract:

This study discovered an association between nasal infection by Staphylococcus aureus and the use of inhaled drugs. However, unlike other studies, the authors did not find an association between HIV infection and presence of S. aureus.

Statistical Data Included, Complications and side effects, Risk factors, Physiological aspects, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcal infections, Intranasal medication, Nasal sprays

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