Chapter 33 Bartonella infections in HIV-infected individuals Jane E. Koehler Historical Perspective Bacillary angiomatosis (BA), a unique vascular proliferative lesion, was first described by Stoler and colleagues in 1983 [1]…
Chapter 36 STDs and syphilis Elysia Larson, Jeffrey D. Klausner Introduction Sexually transmitted infections like syphilis, herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia and trichomoniasis have circulated for thousands of years, long before the…
Chapter 37 Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV-1 Lynne M. Mofenson Introduction Globally, mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) is the primary mode of HIV-1 acquisition in children. Prior to the development of…
Chapter 24 Pneumocystis pneumonia Robert J. Blount, J. Lucian Davis, Laurence Huang Introduction Prior to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) was an unusual cause of pneumonia, occurring almost exclusively…
Chapter 26 HIV-associated tuberculosis Leyla Azis, Edward C. Jones-López, Jerrold J. Ellner Introduction Over the last three decades, tuberculosis (TB) and HIV epidemics have become inextricably connected in a bidirectional…
Chapter 15 Oral complications of HIV infection John S. Greenspan, Deborah Greenspan Introduction Oral lesions have been recognized as prominent features of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency…
Chapter 14 Complications resulting from antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection David Nolan, Simon Mallal, Peter Reiss Introduction The treatment of HIV infection has passed through a number of distinct phases…
Chapter 29 Cryptococcosis and other fungal infections (histoplasmosis and coccidioidomycosis) in HIV-infected patients Kathleen R. Page, Richard E. Chaisson, Merle Sande Introduction Systemic fungal infections are generally late manifestations of…
Chapter 18 Gastrointestinal disorders in HIV including diarrhea Marie-Louise C. Vachon, Douglas T. Dieterich Introduction Gastrointestinal complaints are common among patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In the early…
Chapter 39 Special issues regarding women with HIV infection Ruth M. Greenblatt, Monica Gandhi Nature of the HIV Epidemic Among Women Globally, about half the cases of HIV infection (or…
