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HIV Management in Australasia

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Table of Contents 

This page contains the table of contents for ASHM monograph titled HIV Management in Australasia.

Chapter 1

Basic HIV virology link
Robert Oelrichs
1.1 HIV structure and organisation 9
1.2 HIV lifecycle 10
1.3 The taxonomy of HIV and the primate immunodeficiency viruses 12
1.4 The global pandemic of HIV 16

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Chapter 2

HIV immunopathology
Mark Kelly
2.1 The cellular immune system 23
2.2 Immunological aspects of HIV pathophysiology 25+
2.3 Highly exposed but persistently seronegative subjects (HEPS) 30
2.4 HIV and escape from specific host immune responses 31
2.5 CD4 cell defects in HIV disease 31
2.6 Other sites of immune dysfunction 33
2.7 Rational for immune-based therapies 34

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Chapter 3

Natural history of HIV infection
Mark Kelly
3.1 Transmission and dissemination 41
3.2 Disease progression 43

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Chapter 4

Diagnostics
4.1 Virological diagnostics 51
Robert Oelrichs
4.2 Immunological diagnostics and therapeutic drug monitoring 56
Mark Kelly, John Ray

Therapeutics and monitoring

Chapter 5

Antiretroviral therapy
Anna Pierce
5.1 Historical perspective 59
5.2 Goals of therapy 59
5.3 Antiretroviral agents 60

Chapter 6

New HIV diagnosis
Olga Vujovic

Chapter 7

Initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the naïve patient
Olga Vujovic
7.1 When to start therapy in the individual with chronic HIV infection 75
7.2 Which regimen to use in the individual with chronic HIV infection 77
7.3 Consideration of antiretroviral therapy in acute HIV infection 79
7.4 Antiretroviral treatment in specific clinical scenarios 81

Chapter 8

Managing the patient on antiretroviral therapy
Olga Vujovic, Anna Pierce
8.1 Monitoring 95
8.2 Adherence 95
8.3 Failure of therapy 96
8.4 Resistance testing 97
8.5 Changing antiretroviral therapy 99

Chapter 9

Approach to management of antiretroviral therapy toxicity
Olga Vujovic
9.1 Mitochondrial toxicity 103
9.2 Hepatotoxicity 105
9.3 Metabolic abnormalities 106
9.4 Bone disease 108

Chapter 10

Strategies to improve treatment outcome
Anna Pierce
10.1 Therapeutic drug monitoring 113
10.2 Experimental treatment strategy approaches 115
10.3 Role of immune-based therapy 116

Chapter 11

Post-exposure prophylaxis
Olga Vujovic
11.1 Occupational exposure to HIV infection 119
11.2 Non-occupational exposure to HIV infection 120
11.3 Public health guidelines 121

Clinical manifestations of HIV disease

Chapter 12

Clinical manifestations and the natural history of HIV
Cassy Workman
12.1 Acute primary illness 123
12.2 Asymptomatic/early infection 125
12.3 Symptomatic/intermediate infection 126
12.4 Late-stage disease 127
12.5 Late presentation 127
12.6 Natural history in the HAART era 128

Chapter 13

Key opportunistic infections 131
13.1 Pneumocystis carinii 131
Jeffrey J Post
13.2 Kaposi's sarcoma 136
Cassy Workman
13.3 Oesophageal candidiasis 138
Mark Kelly
13.4 Mycobacterium avium complex 142
Jeffrey J Post
13.5 Mycobacterium tuberculosis 146
Jeffrey J Post
13.6 Toxoplasmosis 148
Kate Clezy
13.7 Cryptococcosis 151
Kate Clezy
13.8 Cryptosporidiosis 154
Mark Kelly
13.9 Cytomegalovirus 156
Mark Kelly
13.10 Microsporidiosis 161
Mark Kelly

Chapter 14

Respiratory manifestations 163
14.1 Approach to respiratory symptoms 163
Jeffrey J Post
14.2 Respiratory infections 166
Cassy Workman
14.3 Respiratory disorders 171
Jeffrey J Post

Chapter 15

Gastrointestinal manifestations 175
15.1 Approach to gastrointestinal symptoms 175
Jeffrey J Post
15.2 Gastrointestinal and oral infections 178
Mark Kelly

Chapter 16

Dermatological manifestations 189
Mark Kelly, Cassy Workman
16.1 Approach to dermatological infections 189
16.2 Varicella-zoster virus 189
16.3 Herpes simplex virus 191
16.4 Scabies 193
16.5 Molluscum contagiosum 193
16.6 Oral and anogenital warts 194
16.7 Seborrhoeic dermatitis 195

Chapter 17

Oncological conditions 199
Cassy Workman
17.1 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 199
17.2 Hodgkin's disease 201
17.3 Cervical cancer 202
17.4 Anal cancer 203
17.5 Lung cancer 204
17.6 Other cancers 204

Chapter 18

Neurological conditions 209
18.1 Approach to neurological conditions 209
Jeffrey J Post
18.2 Neurological disorders in HIV/AIDS 210
Edwina J Wright, Catherine L Cherry, Bruce J Brew
18.3 Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy 218
Edwina J Wright, Bruce J Brew

Chapter 19

Constitutional or systemic infections 223
19.1 Approach to systemic symptoms in HIV infection 223
Jeffrey J Post
19.2 Infections to consider in presence of constitutional symptoms 226
Cassy Workman

Chapter 20

Other diseases or disorders 235
20.1 Cardiovascular disease 235
Adam Jenney
20.2 Renal disorders 237
Jeffrey J Post
20.3 Psychiatry and HIV 239
Cassy Workman
20.4 Rheumatological disease 244
Adam Jenney
20.5 Endocrine disorders 247
Jeffrey J Post

Chapter 21

Coinfections 251
21.1 Hepatitis B coinfection 251
Joe Sasadeusz
21.2 Hepatitis C coinfection 256
Jeffrey J Post
21.3 HIV and syphilis 262
Mark Kelly

Chapter 22

Immune restoration diseases 267
Mark Kelly
22.1 Immunological aspects of immune reconstitution 267
22.2 Immune restoration disease 267
22.3 Ceasing prophylaxis for opportunistic infections 271

Appendixes 275

Acronyms 279

Index 283

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