Publications by authors named "Samantha L Vogt"
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- * Researchers monitored 47 newly diagnosed adults with HL over 18 months, finding that advanced disease and significant symptoms were prevalent among all participants, regardless of HIV status.
- * Results indicated that PWH experienced higher early mortality and lower overall survival at one year compared to HIV-negative patients, suggesting a need for better tailored treatments and understanding the factors leading to these poor outcomes.
We report 2 cases of gastrointestinal bleeding and profound anemia in Jehovah's Witness patients (with nadir hemoglobin of 2.1 and 2.8 g/dL), both of whom survived until discharge to home.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Fine needle aspiration (FNA) is an early step in the work-up of lymphadenopathy in people with HIV (PWH). We set out to characterize the FNA cytology in PWH and report on the time to lymphoma diagnosis through the FNA clinics in the public healthcare system in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Design: Retrospective review of laboratory database.
Purpose: Diagnosis of AIDS lymphoma in low-resource settings, like South Africa, is often delayed, leaving patients with limited treatment options. In tuberculosis (TB) endemic regions, overlapping signs and symptoms often lead to diagnostic delays. Assessment of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) by next-generation sequencing (NGS) may expedite the diagnosis of lymphoma but requires high-quality cfDNA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: The aim of this study was to review the current status of clinical trials for HIV-associated malignancies in people living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and efforts made by the AIDS Malignancy Consortium (AMC) to build capacity in SSA for HIV malignancy research.
Methods: All malignancy-related clinical trials in 49 SSA countries on ClinicalTrials.gov were reviewed and evaluated for inclusion and exclusion criteria pertaining to HIV status.
Objective: Cervical cancer is a leading cause of cancer mortality in South Africa. However, little is known about oral human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in high human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroprevalence settings.
Method: Thirty-four adult heterosexual couples attending an HIV testing center in Soweto, South Africa were enrolled.
Background And Objectives: We characterized HCV antibody prevalence, viral persistence, genotype and liver disease prevalence among IDUs in Chennai, India as the study of the association of HIV with each of these states is important and there are no data available.
Methods: Between 2005-2006, 1158 IDUs were recruited and followed semi-annually. All were tested for HCV antibodies at baseline; a random sample of 400 antibody positives (200 HIV-positive and 200 HIV-negative) were tested for HCV RNA; 13 of these were sequenced.