See also: MAC (Mycobacterium Avium Complex), Sexually Transmitted Infections, Staph Infections (including MRSA), Chlamydia Basics, Gonorrhea Basics, Syphilis Basics, Syphilis and HIV, Tuberculosis (General Information), Tuberculosis and HIV

Background Information – Fact Sheets

• Opportunistic infections (AIDS InfoNet) and Spanish version
• Bacterial pneumonia (Poz)
• Bacterial diarrhea (salmonellosis, campylobacteriosis, and shigellosis) (Poz)
• Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) (Poz)
• Mycobacterium Kansasii (Poz)
• Syphilis (Poz)
• Tuberculosis (Poz)

Guidelines

• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents – from the AIDSInfo website
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2015 – detailed 140-page guidelines published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Selected Recent Articles

• Meningitis Outbreak Strikes Gay and Bi Men in Southern California.  (September 2016, Poz)
• ACIP recommends meningitis ACWY vaccine for persons with HIV.  (June 2016, Healio); related coverage from MedPage Today
• ‘Choosing Wisely’ in HIV Medicine – Should We Stop Giving MAC Prophylaxis? (March 2016, Journal Watch)
• Vaginal Bacteria May Raise HIV Risk in South Africa.  (May 2015, Poz)
• Stopping cotrimoxazole during antiretroviral therapy raises risk of bacterial illness, malaria, Ugandan trial shows.  (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• Daily Antibiotic May Work as PrEP Against STIs Other Than HIV.  (February 2015, Poz)
• Pilot study suggests that PrEP for other STIs might work.  (February 2015, AIDSmap)
• Gay and bisexual men in UK warned of Shigella outbreak.  (January 2014, AIDSmap)
• Gay men who don’t have anal sex still at high risk of bacterial STIs.  (November 2013, AIDSmap)
• Risk of MRSA High Among People Living With HIV.  (September 2014, TheBodyPro)
• Vaccinations for Meningitis Appear to Protect NYC Gays.  (August 2013, Poz)
• Two New Therapies Successfully Treat Gonorrhea.  (July 2013, Poz)
• High rates of gonorrhoea among people living with HIV in the US.  (June 2013, AIDSmap)
• 2012: half a million sexually transmitted infections in England.  (June 2013, AIDSmap)
• HIV Med Selzentry (Maraviroc) Found to Fight Staph Infection.  (January 2013, Poz)
• Life-Threatening Meningitis Cluster in NYC HIV+ Men Sparks Warning. (September 2012, Poz)
• ‘Social networks’ may explain high prevalence of MRSA colonization seen in patients with HIV. (February 2012, AIDSmap)