Barriers and Facilitators to PrEP Initiation and Adherence Among Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Individuals in Southern California.

While transgender and gender non-binary (trans/nb) individuals are disproportionately affected by HIV, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake remains low in this underserved population. We conducted four focus groups with 37 trans/nb individuals in San Diego and Los Angeles to assess barriers and facilitators of PrEP usage. Transcripts were coded for qualitative themes.

Lessons Learned From the First 10 Consecutive Cases of Intravenous Bacteriophage Therapy to Treat Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infections at a Single Center in the United States.

Background: Due to increasing multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections, there is an interest in assessing the use of bacteriophage therapy (BT) as an antibiotic alternative. After the first successful case of intravenous BT to treat a systemic MDR infection at our institution in 2017, the Center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH) was created at the University of California, San Diego, in June 2018.

Methods: We reviewed IPATH consult requests from June 1, 2018, to April 30, 2020, and reviewed the regulatory process of initiating BT on a compassionate basis in the United States.

Cervical dysplasia in pregnancy: progression versus regression post-partum.

Objective: To assess the natural history of cervical dysplasia during pregnancy and determine the rates for progression or regression post-partum by the severity of the lesion.

Method: This was a retrospective study of 100 patients screened by PAP smear. Lesions were graded by colposcopy and biopsy, and followed post-partum.

Preterm premature rupture of the membranes is associated with asymmetric intrauterine growth retardation and smaller placentas.

Objective: To show that infants delivered prematurely because of preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) show a tendency for asymmetric intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). At the same time, to demonstrate that these pregnancies exhibit nutritional deprivation by the presence of correspondingly smaller placentas, as demonstrated by the placental-fetal ratio.Study Design: A prospective study was performed over 2 years comparing the tendency for IUGR in infants born of pregnancies with PPROM (N = 86), as compared to normal term controls (N = 351).

Cesarean section for the second twin.

Objective: To determine the reasons for cesarean section (C/S) for the second twin following vaginal delivery of twin A, and causes of neonatal death (NND).

Study Design: Five hundred forty-one twin deliveries were studied retrospectively from 1987 to 1995. Deliveries were fractionated by fetal presentation for twin A and twin B (i.