Publications by authors named "L Fantry"
The Effect of Using a Standardized Questionnaire on Sexual History Documentation and Testing to Diagnose Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Among Men Who have Sex with Men with HIV.
Sex Transm Dis
December 2024
Background: Most Neisseria gonorrhoea (GC) and Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections in men who have sex with men (MSM) are diagnosed at extragenital sites. However, testing at these sites is often lacking. The purpose of this study was to determine if a standardized questionnaire administered by physicians and clinical assistants improves documentation of sex activity and increases extragenital testing and diagnoses of GC and CT among MSM.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: People with HIV (PWH) have an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) compared to non-PWH, but the reasons for this increased risk remain elusive. We investigated the change in ASCVD risk scores over 4 years to identify clinical factors associated with change in risk scores or high-risk scores.
Methods: We conducted a preliminary study using retrospective analysis of PWH, between 40 and 75 years old, seen at the Evelyn Jordan Center with at least two routine HIV visits.
Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) is a ubiquitous latent persistent herpesvirus infecting 60-90% of the population worldwide. hCMV carriage in immunocompetent people is asymptomatic; thus, hCMV can be considered a component of normative aging. However, hCMV powerfully modulates many features of the immune, and likely other, systems and organs.
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- The study investigated the impact of COVID-19 on laboratory testing delays for people with HIV (PWH), focusing on renal, liver, and lipid tests.
- Data from 261 PWH treated at an academic HIV clinic from 2016 to 2018 showed that the most prevalent issue was reduced kidney function (GFR <60 mL/min) in 10% of patients, with various factors influencing this result.
- Findings suggested that many patients, especially younger ones without hepatitis C, had normal test results that did not influence clinical decisions, indicating that testing could be reduced during the pandemic.
HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is underutilized among Hispanics, women, and low-income individuals. To better understand PrEP barriers in this population, questionnaires were administered to 500 patients attending public health clinics in southern Arizona which provide family planning and sexually transmitted infections care. Sixty-three percent believed that they had no risk of HIV infection.
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