The association between fungal positivity in cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) and other laboratory parameters in cryptococcal meningitis (CM) with or without HIV infection is unclear. India ink staining and culture were used to detect the Cryptococcus in the CSF during the treatment course. Hematology analysis and chemistry analysis of CSF were also performed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: This study aims to investigate the prevalence and types of drug resistance mutations among patients failing first-line antiretroviral therapy (ART).
Methods: Plasma samples from 112 patients with human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) were collected for virus RNA extract and gene amplification. The mutations related to drug resistance were detected and the incidence was statistically analyzed, and the drug resistance rate against common drugs was also evaluated.
Dynamic analysis of viral load, T-lymphocyte subset count, γ-gt and lactate of pre-therapy and post-treatment AIDS patientsGuosheng Su, Shan Li, Xue Qin, Xiaolu Luo, Wanhong Huang, Shanqiu Wei, Hanzhen Su, Shunda Luo, and Zeduan LiuThe International Journal of STD & AIDS first published the above article on April 9, 2015 as doi:10.1177/0956462415576424The above article has now been withdrawn from publication.
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