Patient and provider characteristics associated with retention in HIV medical care and viral suppression among in care patients in Hawaii.

The percentages of retention in care and viral suppression among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in the United States from 2015 to 2018 were far below the 2020 national goals. This study aims to examine disparities in retention in care and viral suppression. The study population included PLWH diagnosed through 2016, residing in Hawaii at year-end 2016 and 2017, and who were in care in 2017 defined as having ≥1 CD4/viral load tests in 2017.

Trends and Racial Disparities of Late-Stage HIV Diagnosis: Hawaii, 2010-2016.

Objectives: To examine racial/ethnic disparities in Hawaii in stage 3 classification at HIV diagnosis and trends in such disparities from 2010 through 2016.

Methods: We analyzed data including patients' demographic information, behavioral risk factors, residential county at HIV diagnosis, and type of facility where HIV was diagnosed. Multivariable logistic regression modeling was used to examine racial/ethnic disparities in late-stage diagnoses after adjustment for known or possible confounders.

Two decades of HIV/AIDS in Hawaii: contrast with national trends.

This paper describes the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Hawaii. Data indicate gradual but steady changes in characteristics of infected populations. Most significant are increases in cases among Asian Pacific Islanders, women, heterosexuals and younger age groups.

False-positive gonorrhea test results with a nucleic acid amplification test: the impact of low prevalence on positive predictive value.

Five false-positive gonorrhea test results from a private laboratory using a nucleic acid amplification test led to an investigation by the Hawaii State Department of Health. No unexplained increase or variation in the laboratory's positive gonorrhea test results was detected. The proportion of positive gonorrhea test results among tests performed in the population was 1.

Multidrug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae with decreased susceptibility to cefixime-Hawaii, 2001.

We report 4 urogenital Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates recovered from 3 patients that demonstrated resistance to penicillin, tetracycline, and ciprofloxacin and reduced susceptibility to cefixime. This report of the first 3 patients in the United States identified with this multidrug-resistant strain may portend an emerging problem for clinicians and public health officials.