Missed opportunities for HIV testing and sexual health-related challenges in an individual with intellectual disability: a case report
CONCLUSION: Due to the presence of existing indicator conditions, an earlier HIV diagnosis was possible. We contend that most of the recent illnesses could have been prevented if earlier testing had been carried out. Therefore, patients presenting with AIDS indicator conditions, including those with mental disabilities, should be given the opportunity to be tested for HIV. HIV/AIDS trainings should be made available to health care professionals as well as to personnel interacting with vulnerable groups.PMID:38581028 | PMC:PMC10996268 | DOI:10.1186/s12981-024-00606-7 (Source: AIDS Research and Therapy)
Source: AIDS Research and Therapy - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lina Martina W ürfel Anja Potthoff Sandeep Nambiar Adriane Skaletz-Rorowski Source Type: research
Missed opportunities for HIV testing and sexual health-related challenges in an individual with intellectual disability: a case report
CONCLUSION: Due to the presence of existing indicator conditions, an earlier HIV diagnosis was possible. We contend that most of the recent illnesses could have been prevented if earlier testing had been carried out. Therefore, patients presenting with AIDS indicator conditions, including those with mental disabilities, should be given the opportunity to be tested for HIV. HIV/AIDS trainings should be made available to health care professionals as well as to personnel interacting with vulnerable groups.PMID:38581028 | PMC:PMC10996268 | DOI:10.1186/s12981-024-00606-7 (Source: AIDS Research and Therapy)
Source: AIDS Research and Therapy - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lina Martina W ürfel Anja Potthoff Sandeep Nambiar Adriane Skaletz-Rorowski Source Type: research
Missed opportunities for HIV testing and sexual health-related challenges in an individual with intellectual disability: a case report
CONCLUSION: Due to the presence of existing indicator conditions, an earlier HIV diagnosis was possible. We contend that most of the recent illnesses could have been prevented if earlier testing had been carried out. Therefore, patients presenting with AIDS indicator conditions, including those with mental disabilities, should be given the opportunity to be tested for HIV. HIV/AIDS trainings should be made available to health care professionals as well as to personnel interacting with vulnerable groups.PMID:38581028 | PMC:PMC10996268 | DOI:10.1186/s12981-024-00606-7 (Source: AIDS Research and Therapy)
Source: AIDS Research and Therapy - April 5, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Lina Martina W ürfel Anja Potthoff Sandeep Nambiar Adriane Skaletz-Rorowski Source Type: research
Gaucher Disease: A First Reported Adult Case in Indonesia
Acta Med Indones. 2024 Jan;56(1):69-75.ABSTRACTA 44-year-old female presented with a distended abdomen and fatigue. On physical examination, prominent splenomegaly was found. The laboratory investigations revealed pancytopenia and decreased albumin-globulin ratio. The abdominal ultrasonography revealed splenomegaly, cholelithiasis, and cystitis, and the bone survey showed osteopenia. Differential diagnoses included leukemia, multiple myeloma, and myelofibrosis therefore bone marrow puncture was performed. However, histopathologic examination found Gaucher-like cells in the bone marrow aspiration. The finding of CD68 positi...
Source: Acta medica Indonesiana - April 2, 2024 Category: Internal Medicine Authors: Ardhi Rahman Ahani Cosphiadi Irawan Agnes Stephanie Harahap Klara Yuliarti Maria Francisca Ham Faramitha Nur Izzaty Damayanti Rusli Sjarif Source Type: research
