Inflammatory arthritis in HIV positive patients: A practical guide
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2016
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BMC Infectious Diseases
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BackgroundMusculoskeletal manifestations of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have been described since the outset of the global HIV epidemic. Articular syndromes that have been described in association with HIV include HIV-associated arthropathy, seronegative spondyloarthropathies (SPA) (reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and undifferentiated SPA), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and painful articular syndrome.MethodsWe carried out a computer-assisted search of PubMed for the medical literature from January 1981 to January 2015 using the keywords HIV, acquired immune-deficiency syndrome, rheumatic manifestations, arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, anti-TNF and disease modifying antirheumatic drugs. Only English language literature was included and only studies involving adult human subjects were assessed.ResultsThere are challenges in the management of inflammatory arthritis in patients who are HIV-positive, including difficulties in the assessment of disease activity and limited information on the safety of immunosuppressive drugs in these individuals.ConclusionsThis review focuses on the clinical characteristics of the inflammatory articular syndromes that have been described in association with HIV infection and discusses the therapeutic options for these patients.
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Adizie, T., Moots, R.J., Hodkinson, B., French, N. & Adebajo, A.O. 2016. Inflammatory arthritis in HIV positive patients: A practical guide. BMC Infectious Diseases. 16(1):174 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34283