Search Tag: HIV

ICU Management

Icu-mortality-of-hiv-infected-patients

2014 31 Aug

Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has significantly decreased the morbidity/mortality associated with HIV infection in industrialised countries. cART has also resulted in a decrease in opportunistic infections and hospital admissions. However, while combination antiretroviral therapy has led to better outcomes in patients infected with HIV,...Read more

ICU Management

Drug-is-found-to-eradicate-hiv-permanently-from-infected-cells

2013 25 Sep

The topical anti-fungal drug Ciclopirox causes HIV-infected cells to commit suicide by jamming up the cells’ powerhouse, the mitochondria — according to a study by researchers at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. And unlike current anti-HIV drugs, Ciclopirox completely eradicates infectious HIV from cell cultures, with no rebound of virus when the...Read more