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Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2017
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), Mar 24, 2016
Facility-based ART provision for stable HIV patients congests health services in resource-limited... more Facility-based ART provision for stable HIV patients congests health services in resource-limited countries. We assessed outcomes and risk factors for attrition after decentralization to community-based ART refill centres among 2,603 HIV patients in Kinshasa, DRC using a multi-level Poisson regression model. Death, loss to follow-up, and transfer-out was 0.3%, 9.0%, and 0.7% at 24 months. Overall attrition was 5.66/100py. Patients with >3 years on ART, >500 CD4 count, BMI >18.5, and receiving nevirapine but not stavudine showed reduced attrition. ART refill centres are a promising task-shifting model in low-prevalence urban settings with high levels of stigma and poor ART coverage.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially wi...
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2013
Candidemia has become an important bloodstream infection that is frequently associated with high ... more Candidemia has become an important bloodstream infection that is frequently associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, and its growing incidence is related to complex medical and surgical procedures. We conducted a multicenter study in five tertiary care teaching hospitals in Italy and Spain and evaluated the epidemiology, species distribution, antifungal susceptibilities, and outcomes of candidemia episodes. In the period of 2008 to 2010, 995 episodes of candidemia were identified in these hospitals. The overall incidence of candidemia was 1.55 cases per 1,000 admissions and remained stable during the 3-year analysis. Candida albicans was the leading agent of infection (58.4%), followed by Candida parapsilosis complex (19.5%), Candida tropicalis (9.3%), and Candida glabrata (8.3%). The majority of the candidemia episodes were found in the internal medicine department (49.6%), followed by the surgical ward, the intensive care unit (ICU), and the hemato-oncology ward. Out...
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2009
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 2017
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), Mar 24, 2016
Facility-based ART provision for stable HIV patients congests health services in resource-limited... more Facility-based ART provision for stable HIV patients congests health services in resource-limited countries. We assessed outcomes and risk factors for attrition after decentralization to community-based ART refill centres among 2,603 HIV patients in Kinshasa, DRC using a multi-level Poisson regression model. Death, loss to follow-up, and transfer-out was 0.3%, 9.0%, and 0.7% at 24 months. Overall attrition was 5.66/100py. Patients with >3 years on ART, >500 CD4 count, BMI >18.5, and receiving nevirapine but not stavudine showed reduced attrition. ART refill centres are a promising task-shifting model in low-prevalence urban settings with high levels of stigma and poor ART coverage.This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially wi...
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2013
Candidemia has become an important bloodstream infection that is frequently associated with high ... more Candidemia has become an important bloodstream infection that is frequently associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, and its growing incidence is related to complex medical and surgical procedures. We conducted a multicenter study in five tertiary care teaching hospitals in Italy and Spain and evaluated the epidemiology, species distribution, antifungal susceptibilities, and outcomes of candidemia episodes. In the period of 2008 to 2010, 995 episodes of candidemia were identified in these hospitals. The overall incidence of candidemia was 1.55 cases per 1,000 admissions and remained stable during the 3-year analysis. Candida albicans was the leading agent of infection (58.4%), followed by Candida parapsilosis complex (19.5%), Candida tropicalis (9.3%), and Candida glabrata (8.3%). The majority of the candidemia episodes were found in the internal medicine department (49.6%), followed by the surgical ward, the intensive care unit (ICU), and the hemato-oncology ward. Out...
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 2009