Despite the highest disease burden of HIV, Sub-Saharan Africa has limited data on HIV related kidney disease in the region. Kidney disease is a recognised complication in HIV infected patients, presenting with either can be acute renal failure (ARF) or chronic kidney disease (CKD). This study...
Download PDF ↓Little research has been performed to compare Cytomegalovirus (CMV) hepatitis with the traditional viral hepatitides (Hepatitis A, B and C) in patients with Human Immunodeficient Virus (HIV) . It is a well known fact that an HIV-positive patient co-infected with HBV or and HCV has increased...
Download PDF ↓Background: Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a constellation of clinical features that increase cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in individuals. Up-to-date, there is no cheap, single surrogate test for MetS and current diagnostic criteria for the syndrome use scoring systems which are...
Download PDF ↓Tuberculosis (TB) screening practices in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)infected adult patients enrolling at the Kalingalinga anti- retroviral therapy (ART) clinic in Lusaka, Zambia. Background: There are currently no studies describing TB screening practices in HIV infected adult patients...
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