Response to first-line antiretroviral treatment among human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with and without a history of injecting drug use in Indonesia.

Background: There is a common belief that injecting drug use (IDU) is associated with lower uptake, retention and success of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. We examined this in an Indonesian setting, where IDU is the main risk factor for HIV infection.

Methods: Patient characteristics and response to ART were recorded for all patients diagnosed with HIV infection in the referral hospital for West Java (40 million people).

Skin disorders in HIV-infected patients from West Java.

Aim: to describe the spectrum of HIV-related skin disorders as well as their prevalence and relation to CD4-cell counts among HIV-seropositive patients from West Java, Indonesia.

Methods: all HIV-positive patients presenting in 2008 at the HIV-clinic, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, were included in a cross-sectional study. Patients who had a skin complaint were examined by a dermatologist.