Microbiological Hiv

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HIV+ working at Microbiology Lab

Dear Doctor,If I am HIV+ and I am working at the Microbiology lab which is bacteriology and virology ,,is there any risk for me to get opportunistic infections if I work at this lab or not ?do you think I shall change my job?please can you send me...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

You should share your HIV status on a confidential basis with your supervisor. If your immune system is still relatively strong and you follow appropriate technique scrupulously, then your risk of occupational exposure is small. However, if your T... Read more »

Recognizing the virus

Dear Dr.,I am not an expert. Though I do study microbiology, the particular area of viruses is not... Read more »

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D. »

the problem? i have no problem!

Hi there, I was infected with HIV in the summer of 2005, and diagnosed october 2006. I studied... Read more »

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D. »

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The 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting (ICAAC/IDSA 2008)

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Germ Stories -- A Children's Book

The organizer of ICAAC, the American Society for Microbiology, took on a very different project by lending photographs by Roberto Kolter to be used in a children's picture book called Germ Stories , by Nobel Prize-winning enzymologist Arthur... Read more »

Update on New Antiretroviral Drugs

Harold Kessler Harold Kessler, M.D., is a professor of Medicine, Immunology/Microbiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where he has an HIV practice, and is a supervising clinician at the CORE Center, a joint venture between Cook... Read more »

Skin and Soft Tissue Infections Caused by Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Introduction The Microbiology and Treatment of Skin and Soft Tissue Infections The Epidemiology of MRSA SSTI in the HIV Positive Population Types of SSTI that can be Caused by MRSA Treatment of MRSA SSTI in the HIV Positive Patient Prevention... Read more »

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Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV

Posted by Mssimone, 1 Reply

Is this a good thing?

Scientists Identify Gene That Blocks HIV

American and Canadian researchers have identified a human gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection by preventing certain forms of the virus from replicating, CBC News reported.

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HIV and the brain - update

Posted by ScotCharles, 6 Replies

My neurologist at UCLA, Dr. Elyse Singer, has been warning since the mid 1990's that HIV's effect on the brain and nervous systems was a ticking timebomb. The meds never completely eradicate the virus from the body and never effectively cross the... Read more »

I urge your kind/prompt reply !!! PLZ Cant handle

Posted by radicalhonesty, 2 Replies

Dear adviser,

First of all, I do appreciate your kind check and reply to my below case as soon as you have some time:

I did HIV test for my girlfriend on 27 June 2010 (Rapid and Eliza) both are negative.
she broke up with her ex on April 2010, she... Read more »

Barbackers now joining..

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

There are many people who consider themselves "barebackers" who are joing the AIDS dissident movement. Some even believe that hiv causes AIDS. They are fed up with being censored.

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