Is the recall of men who have sex with men (MSM) diagnosed as having bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) for re-screening a feasible and effective strategy?

Objectives: To assess the feasibility and outcomes of recalling men who have sex with men (MSM) diagnosed as having a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) for re-screening.

Methods: This evaluation was conducted from December 2008 for a 9-month period. MSM diagnosed as having a bacterial STI in that period were offered recall for re-screening 3 months after their diagnosis.

Immunosuppression among HIV-1-positive patients attending for care: experience from two large HIV centres in the United Kingdom.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to describe the prevalence of and examine the factors associated with immunosuppression (CD4 < 200 cells/microL) among HIV-infected patients attending two large inner London treatment centres.

Methods: Patients attending for care who had a CD4 count < 200 cells/microL during a 6-month period (1 January to 30 June 2007) were identified from the UK national CD4 surveillance database. Corresponding case notes were reviewed and factors associated with the most recent immunosuppressive episode examined.

Methaemoglobinaemia causing progressive dyspnoea and cyanosis during treatment of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia.

An HIV-infected man became increasingly breathless and cyanosed while receiving clindamycin and primaquine treatment for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia. He was found to have 11.4% methaemoglobinaemia and recovered with conservative management.