| hepatitis c infection in a pediatric dialysis population. | a variable prevalence of hepatitis c (hcv) infection has been reported in adult patients on hemodialysis. we have studied hcv infection and associated risk factors in a pediatric dialysis unit. sera from all 27 patients undergoing either hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis in our unit were tested for antibody to hcv by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and seropositives were confirmed by recombinant immunoblot assay. records were reviewed for demographic, biochemical, and risk factor data. from ... | 1992 | 1313556 |
| hospital outbreak of multidrug-resistant mycobacterium tuberculosis infections. factors in transmission to staff and hiv-infected patients. | to describe transmission of multidrug-resistant (mdr) mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among patients and health care workers (hcws) in a ward and clinic for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected patients in a hospital, four studies were conducted. | 1992 | 1507374 |
| update: investigations of patients who have been treated by hiv-infected health-care workers. | investigation of the patients of a florida dentist with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) concluded that human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) was transmitted to five (0.5%) of approximately 1100 patients who were evaluated (1-3). although the precise events resulting in transmission of hiv to these patients are not known, the findings of the investigation support direct dentist-to-patient transmission, rather than a patient-to-patient route. this report summarizes information from other pu ... | 1992 | 1579129 |
| a hospital-based prospective study of perinatal infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1. | most infants with pediatric acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and infections with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1) are infected perinatally by their mothers. to determine the proportion of exposed infants who are infected, we conducted a hospital-based prospective study in hiv-1-infected women whose infants were delivered at a single metropolitan hospital in miami, fla. a population of uninfected women and their infants was also enrolled and followed longitudinally for 2 years to ass ... | 1991 | 1671878 |
| childbearing and contraceptive-use plans among women at high risk for hiv infection--selected u.s. sites, 1989-1991. | from september 1990 through august 1991, 2655 (49%) of the 5457 women reported with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) in the united states had been injecting-drug users (idus), and 1136 (21%) had had sexual intercourse with men who were idus (1). during the same period, 413 (56%) of the 735 children (aged less than 13 years) reported with aids were born to mothers who were either idus (38%) or sex partners of idus (18%) (1). even though messages and services regarding prevention of human ... | 1992 | 1738361 |
| legal considerations. current florida law. | legislation enacted in 1991 requires physicians licensed under chapters 458 or 459, florida statutes, to earn continuing medical education in the area of hiv and aids and specifies what should be covered in the program. the law no longer requires that certain information be imparted to the patient prior to testing for the human immunodeficiency virus. information is presented on who can consent to testing, when consent is not required, pre- and post-testing requirements, confidentiality of patie ... | 1991 | 1753229 |
| a look-back investigation of patients of an hiv-infected physician. public health implications. | transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) to five patients receiving care from an hiv-infected dentist in florida has recently been reported. current data indicate that the risk of hiv transmission from health care workers to patients is low. despite this low risk, programs to notify patients of past exposure to an hiv-infected health care worker are being conducted with increasing frequency. | 1991 | 1922251 |
| htlv-i-associated leukemia/lymphoma in south florida. | we report here 10 cases of adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma (atl) seen in south florida between february 1988 and july 1989. all were seropositive for human t-lymphotropic virus type i (htlv-i) and seronegative for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-1). dna extracted from tumor biopsies/peripheral blood lymphocytes of nine patients was shown by the polymerase chain reaction (pcr) to contain htlv-i proviral dna. blot hybridization of dna extracted from seven patients with an htlv-i cdna probe ... | 1991 | 1992105 |
| prevalence of hiv infection in childbearing women in the united states. surveillance using newborn blood samples. | a national, population-based survey was initiated in 1988 to measure the prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in women giving birth to infants in the united states. following standardized procedures, residual dried-blood specimens collected on filter paper for newborn metabolic screening were tested anonymously in state public health laboratories for maternal antibody to hiv. as of september 1990, annual survey data were available from 38 states and the district of columbia ... | 1991 | 2002571 |
| update: transmission of hiv infection during invasive dental procedures--florida. | previous reports from an epidemiologic investigation in florida strongly suggested that three patients (patients a, b, and c) became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) while receiving dental care from a dentist with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) (1,2). this report describes findings that suggest hiv was transmitted to two additional patients (patients e and g). these two patients had no other confirmed exposures to hiv, had invasive procedures performed by the dentist, ... | 1991 | 2041538 |
| acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in children: report of the centers for disease control national surveillance, 1982 to 1985. | since national surveillance for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) began in 1981, the centers for disease control (cdc) has received reports of more than 20,000 cases of aids in the united states. as of december 31, 1985, 307 of these cases had been diagnosed in children younger than 13 years of age. the number of cases is increasing rapidly. the number of cases reported in 1985 more than doubled those reported in 1984. the major risk factors in children for acquiring infection with the c ... | 1987 | 3035476 |
| high prevalence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in children with thalassemia exposed to blood imported from the united states. | 38.5% or 10 of 26 children with thalassemia who had received blood transfusion have tested positive for hiv at the hamad general hospital, doha, qatar. blood for transfusion was obtained from commercial suppliers in miami, florida, since late 1970. since december 1985 all blood for transfusion has been tested for hiv for elisa kits from abbott laboratories, chicago, ill, and confirmed by western blot. these children ranged from 3-13 years old, mean 7.7, and had received an average of 63.5 tra ... | 1987 | 3670941 |
| human immunodeficiency virus testing: the palm beach county alternative test site experience. | | 1987 | 3681232 |
| pet ownership among persons with aids in three florida counties. | interviews were conducted among 408 adults with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome at three local health departments to determine the proportion who owned pets, their perceived attachment to their pets, and the proportion who were informed about zoonoses. nearly half (187, or 46%) were living with pets, most commonly dogs (64%), followed by cats (38%), fish (15%), birds (8%), reptiles (3%), and rodents (2%). most pet owners (81%) reported an attachment to their pet. only 10% were informed of zoo ... | 1995 | 7485673 |
| the effects of hiv on cognitive and motor development in children born to hiv-seropositive women with no reported drug use: birth to 24 months. | this study documents delays in the mental and motor functioning of infants perinatally infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) while controlling for confounding effects of prenatal drug exposure, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and maternal separation and death. | 1995 | 7491224 |
| clinical spectrum of htlv-i in south florida. | a total of 113 patients with infection due to human t-cell leukemia virus type 1 (htlv-i) were evaluated at the university of miami from january 1988 to march 1993. forty patients were identified with adult t-cell leukemia/lymphoma (atll) and 63 with htlv-i-associated myelopathy (ham). three had concomitant atll and ham. two ham patients co-infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv-i) developed clonal lymphoproliferative disease during the study period. patients with atll have a poo ... | 1995 | 7697443 |
| lung cancer in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | this retrospective study determined the clinical course of lung cancer in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. a total of 23 patients with hiv infection archived as lung cancer were studied: 16 were identified from about 1,000 lung cancer patients entered in the tumor registry and medical records of jackson memorial hospital, 7 were identified from about 1,000 hiv-positive patients entered in the special immunology registry of veterans administration medical center, 4 pati ... | 1995 | 7847261 |
| sexual behaviors and drug use among youth in dropout-prevention programs--miami, 1994. | youth who have dropped out of school have higher frequencies than youth who remain in school of behaviors that increase risk for sexually transmitted diseases (stds) and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection (1). youth identified as potential dropouts may be likely to take increased risks, but their std/hiv risk status has not been adequately evaluated. to estimate the prevalence of risk behaviors among potential dropouts, investigators from the university of miami school of medicine surv ... | 1994 | 7969007 |
| the types of drugs used by hiv-infected injection drug users in a multistate surveillance project: implications for intervention. | this study sought to describe the drugs used by drug injectors infected with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and to determine factors associated with the primary injection drug used. | 1994 | 7998639 |
| evidence of intraprison spread of hiv infection. | individuals entering prison are known to have high rates of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection, and inmates are known to engage in high-risk behavior. this suggests the potential for intraprison spread of hiv infection, but this has not been documented. | 1994 | 8147684 |
| nutrition attitudes and practices of individuals who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus and who live in south florida. | | 1993 | 8417096 |
| prognostic significance of oral lesions in children with perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus infection. | to assess the prevalence and prognostic significance of oral lesions in children with human immunodeficiency virus infection. | 1993 | 8418598 |
| absence of hiv transmission from an infected dentist to his patients. an epidemiologic and dna sequence analysis. | to determine if a general dentist with human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection transmitted hiv to any of his patients. | 1993 | 8459511 |
| surveillance of tuberculosis and aids co-morbidity--florida, 1981-1993. | because immunosuppression induced by human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection increases the likelihood that latent tuberculosis (tb) infection will become active in hiv-infected persons (1,2), in 1987, extrapulmonary or disseminated tb was added to the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) surveillance case definition (3), and in 1993, pulmonary tb in hiv-infected persons was added to the case definition (4). in florida and other areas (5), aids surveillance activities include assessment ... | 1996 | 8531919 |
| death rates among patients hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia: a reexamination with data from three states. | death rates for community-acquired pneumonia based on relatively small-scale, published studies tend to exceed 15% to 20%. this study reexamined these estimates by using very large, population-based databases. | 1996 | 8712278 |
| trends in the acquisition of sexually transmitted diseases among hiv-positive patients at std clinics, miami 1988-1992. | to assess trends in the acquisition of new sexually transmitted diseases (stds) among patients who test positive for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) at std clinics. | 1996 | 8724514 |
| a descriptive survey of pediatric human immunodeficiency virus-infected long-term survivors. | to identify the population of human immunodeficiency virus-infected pediatric long- term survivors (lts) followed in major medical institutions in california, florida and new jersey. | 1997 | 9099779 |
| cutaneous disseminated histoplasmosis in aids patients in south florida. | histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic pathogenic fungus endemic to the mississippi and ohio river valleys. in the immunocompetent it causes a self-limited disease, but in the immunocompromised may lead to disseminated disease (disseminated histoplasmosis (dh)). it is one of the opportunistic infections which defines the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) and is rarely encountered outside endemic regions. | 1997 | 9329891 |
| the right to know. ethical issues related to mandatory testing of healthcare workers for hiv. | to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) from patient to healthcare professional, in 1987 the centers for disease control (cdc) put forth guidelines requiring the use of gloves and sometimes masks when treating all patients in exposure-prone situations. recently, however, the spotlight has shifted as a result of tragic events in florida when patients of a dentist who died of aids were found to be infected with the virus. the question now is whether patients have a need and r ... | 1991 | 10128676 |
| field evaluation of the determine rapid human immunodeficiency virus diagnostic test in honduras and the dominican republic. | rapid detection of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection can result in improved patient care and/or faster implementation of public health preventive measures. a new rapid test, determine (abbott, abbott park, ill.), detects hiv type 1 (hiv-1) and hiv-2 antibodies within 15 min by using 50 microl of serum or plasma. no specialized equipment or ancillary supplies are required, and results are read visually. a positive result is noted by the appearance of a red line. an operational control ... | 1999 | 10523577 |
| highway cowboys, old hands, and christian truckers: risk behavior for human immunodeficiency virus infection among long-haul truckers in florida. | this paper reports the results of ethnographic research to describe risk for human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection among long-haul truck drivers and the contexts and factors that influence risk and protective behaviors. drivers were selected using purposive and snowball sampling at trucking-related businesses along major truck routes in florida. interview information was used to categorize truckers' levels of potential risk, describe behavioral characteristics of each group, identify sex ... | 2000 | 10658853 |
| aids-related risk behavior of young college students. | protected sex is crucial in reducing college students' risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases (stds) including human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection. trends indicate college students are knowledgeable about hiv prevention measures, yet underestimate their hiv/aids risk in light of their sexual behavior, which they fail to alter in significant ways. the purposes of this exploratory correlational study were to: (a) explore the relationship between aids risk perception, self-effic ... | 2000 | 11074985 |
| cavitary lung disease in aids: etiologies and correlation with immune status. | to investigate the etiology and differential features of cavitary lung disease in patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (aids), chest computed tomography (ct) records from a 2-year period were reviewed to identify all human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-positive patients with cavitary lung disease. medical records were reviewed for the documentation of specific causes of lung cavitation and the cd4 count at the time of imaging. of 25 hiv-positive patients with cavitary lung disease, 2 ... | 2001 | 11483162 |
| tuberculosis skin testing among hiv-infected pregnant women in miami, 1995 to 1996. | approximately 6000 women deliver annually at jackson memorial hospital in miami, where 2.4% of women has human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) and 60% is foreign-born. we conducted a retrospective review of prenatal records among hiv-infected women to evaluate tuberculin skin testing (tst). | 2002 | 11896523 |
| antiretroviral drug resistance in human immunodeficiency virus-infected source patients for occupational exposures to healthcare workers. | to assess the prevalence of hiv antiretroviral resistance among source patients for occupational hiv exposures. | 2003 | 14587931 |
| human immunodeficiency virus infection in a rural community in the united states. | in 1986, a population-based survey of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection in a rural florida community showed that hiv prevalence was 28/877 (3.2%, 95% confidence interval (ci): 2.0, 4.4). in 1998-2000, the authors performed a second population-based survey in this community and a case-control study to determine whether hiv prevalence and risk factors had changed. after 609 addresses had been randomly selected for the survey, 516 (85%) residents were enrolled, and 447 (73%) were tested ... | 2004 | 15353419 |
| inhibited interpersonal coping style predicts poorer adherence to scheduled clinic visits in human immunodeficiency virus infected women at risk for cervical cancer. | one of the most common gynecologic conditions among hiv+ women is cervical dysplasia, the precancerous phase of cervical cancer. therefore, adherence to gynecology visits may be among the most important health care practices for hiv+ women. however, no research has evaluated the psychosocial factors associated with health care practices among hiv+ women at risk for cervical cancer. | 2004 | 15576258 |
| hiv-related wasting in hiv-infected drug users in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy. | a decrease in the rate of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection-related wasting has been reported in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart). we investigated this concern in a hard-to-reach population of hiv-infected drug users in miami, florida. | 2005 | 16163638 |
| cancer risk in people infected with human immunodeficiency virus in the united states. | data are limited regarding cancer risk in human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)-infected persons with modest immunosuppression, before the onset of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids). for some cancers, risk may be affected by highly active antiretroviral therapy (haart) widely available since 1996. we linked hiv/aids and cancer registries in colorado, florida and new jersey. standardized incidence ratios (sirs) compared cancer risk in hiv-infected persons (initially aids-free) during the 5-y ... | 2008 | 18435450 |
| reinfections during the florida syphilis epidemic, 2000-2008. | the last 3 syphilis epidemics in the united states peaked after 5 to 6 years, but rates have now increased for 8 years. we questioned whether persons with multiple syphilis diagnoses (repeaters) are fueling the epidemic. | 2011 | 20739912 |
| maternal hepatitis b and hepatitis c carrier status and perinatal outcomes. | background and aims: to examine the association between maternal hepatitis b and c mono- and co-infections with singleton pregnancy outcomes in the state of florida. methods: we analysed all florida births from 1998 to 2007 using birth certificate records linked to hospital discharge data. the main outcomes of interest were selected pregnancy outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight (lbw), small for gestational age (sga), fetal distress, neonatal jaundice and congenital anomaly. result ... | 2011 | 21745298 |