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| Lynn E TaylorSummaryAffiliation: Rhode Island Hospital Country: USA Publications
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Acute hepatitis C virus in an HIV clinic: a screening strategy, risk factors, and perception of riskL E Taylor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 25:571-7. 2011..Tracking quarterly ALT for elevation to systematically prompt HCV RNA testing before seroconversion is a promising approach to screen for acute HCV in a real-world HIV clinical setting...
Buprenorphine for human immunodeficiency virus/hepatitis C virus-coinfected patients: does it serve as a bridge to hepatitis C virus therapy?Lynn E Taylor
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Center for AIDS Research Building Room 156, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Addict Med 6:179-85. 2012..Buprenorphine facilitates hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment in opioid-dependent patients with HCV monoinfection. Less is known about buprenorphine's role in HIV/HCV coinfection...
HIV coinfection with hepatitis C virus: evolving epidemiology and treatment paradigmsLynn E Taylor
Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Clin Infect Dis 55:S33-42. 2012..HCV drug trials in individuals coinfected with HIV should be expedited. HIV/HCV coinfection remains a growing and evolving epidemic; new developments in therapeutics and improved care models offer promise...
Extending treatment for HCV infection to HIV-HCV coinfected individuals with psychiatric illness and drug dependenceLynn E Taylor
The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Clin Infect Dis 36:1501-2; author reply 1502-3. 2003
Treatment for hepatitis C virus genotype 1 infection in HIV-infected individuals on methadone maintenance therapyLynn E Taylor
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 116:233-7. 2011..HCV therapy for HCV-monoinfected methadone maintenance (MM) recipients is safe and effective. We evaluated treatment efficacy and adherence to pegylated interferon (pegIFN) among HIV/HCV coinfected MM recipients...
Incident hepatitis C virus infection among US HIV-infected men enrolled in clinical trialsLynn E Taylor
Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Clin Infect Dis 52:812-8. 2011..Whether this is occurring across the United States is unknown...
Delivering care to injection drug users coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virusLynn E Taylor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:S355-61. 2005..Presented here is a work in progress, rather than a finished research project or definitive model of care...
A syringe prescription program to prevent infectious disease and improve health of injection drug usersJosiah D Rich
School of Medicine at Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Urban Health 81:122-34. 2004..The syringe prescription program in Providence represents a promising and innovative approach to disease prevention and treatment for IDUs...
Treatment outcomes with pegylated interferon and ribavirin for male prisoners with chronic hepatitis CKara W Chew
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
J Clin Gastroenterol 43:686-91. 2009..To report our experience with pegylated interferon and ribavirin treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA-positive inmates at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections...
Hepatitis C treatment in an HIV-HCV-coinfected patient with drug addiction and psychiatric illness: a case reportLynn E Taylor
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
AIDS Read 15:629-31, 634-6, 638. 2005..This case suggests that HIV-HCV-coinfected persons with the common comorbidities of polysubstance dependence and psychiatric illness may effectively and safely undergo pharmacotherapy for hepatitis C with appropriate support...
Prescribing syringes to injection drug users with HIV: an important clinical and public health toolMichelle A Stozek
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 15:59-63. 2004
Use of community-based, directly observed therapy for HIV infection: lessons learned for treatment of hepatitis C virus infectionTimothy P Flanigan
Department of Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Clin Infect Dis 40:S346-8. 2005..DOT can both optimize adherence and provide a way to offer psychosocial support and linkages to social, addiction, psychiatric, and other services, to help address many of the challenges faced by persons with substance abuse disorders...
Antiretroviral medication considerations for individuals coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virusAndrew R Lai
Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
AIDS Patient Care STDS 20:678-92. 2006..We review the current data on the use of antiretrovirals in HIV/HCV-coinfected patients and offer evidence-based recommendations on optimal selection and dosing of antiretroviral agents for this population...
Would you consider prescribing syringes to injection drug users? Addiction Medicine Conference SurveyLynn E Taylor
The Miriam Hospital andBrown University, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Addict Dis 22:67-78. 2003..The majority of physicians surveyed expressed interest in prescribing syringes. Psychiatrists may be less willing to do so...
Pharmacist support for selling syringes without a prescription to injection drug users in Rhode IslandJosiah D Rich
Brown Medical School, and The Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash) 42:S58-61. 2002..To examine pharmacists' attitudes and obstacles to syringe sales to IDUs without prescriptions in Rhode Island, around the time that such sales became legal in the state...
Twinrix vaccination schedules among injecting drug usersNancy Brim
Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, 2The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Expert Opin Biol Ther 7:379-89. 2007..The authors conclude that there is insufficient evidence regarding whether the accelerated Twinrix HAV/HBV vaccination schedule would yield a greater number of IDUs protected against both HAV and HBV...
Ten things you may not know about hepatitis C infectionEdward Feller
Brown Medical School, Division of Gastroenterology, Miriam Hospital Division of Gastroenterology, 164 Summit Ave, Providence, RI 02906, USA
Med Health R I 85:180-1. 2002
Hepatic steatosis is associated with fibrosis, nucleoside analogue use, and hepatitis C virus genotype 3 infection in HIV-seropositive patientsBarbara H McGovern
HIV HCV Co infection Clinic, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Jamaica Plain, MA 02494, USA
Clin Infect Dis 43:365-72. 2006....
Treatment of chronic hepatitis C in a state correctional facilityScott A Allen
Rhode Island Department of Corrections, 39 Howard Avenue, Cranston, RI 02920, USA
Ann Intern Med 138:187-90. 2003..The correctional setting may provide an opportunity to safely treat patients with these two challenging comorbid conditions...
Peginterferon plus ribavirin for hepatitis C in HIV-infected patientsLynn E Taylor
N Engl J Med 351:2340-2; author reply 2340-2. 2004
Psychiatric illness and illicit drugs as barriers to hepatitis C treatment among HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infected individualsLynn E Taylor
AIDS 16:1700-1. 2002
Intrahepatic cytokine expression is downregulated during HCV/HIV co-infectionJason T Blackard
Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
J Med Virol 78:202-7. 2006..These data suggest that a defect in cytokine activation may occur in HCV/HIV co-infected persons that limits efficient clearance of HCV from the liver...
Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in adultsJosiah D Rich
Ann Intern Med 141:575-6; author reply 576. 2004
Presentation and outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma in HIV-infected patients: a U.S.-Canadian multicenter studyNorbert Brau
Bronx Veterans Affairs VA Medical Center, Infectious Disease Section 111F, 130 West Kingsbridge Road, Bronx, NY 10468, USA
J Hepatol 47:527-37. 2007..HIV-infected patients now live longer and often have complications of liver disease, especially with hepatitis B or C virus coinfection. Limited data are available on those with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...
