Alcohol use and abuse among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in BotswanaN M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 16:1529-34. 2012
..Data on alcohol abuse as a risk factor for the development of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) are scarce...
Using surveillance data to monitor entry into care of newly diagnosed HIV-infected persons: San Francisco, 2006-2007Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
BMC Public Health 9:17. 2009
..Here, we report the usefulness of routine monitoring of CD4 T cell counts and plasma HIV viral load as measures of entry into care after HIV diagnosis...
- Exploring the relationship between sexually transmitted diseases and HIV acquisition by using different study designs
Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 50:546-51. 2009
..In an attempt to overcome prior methodologic shortcomings, we explored the use of different study designs to examine the relationship between STDs and HIV acquisition...
Syphilis in the United States: an update for clinicians with an emphasis on HIV coinfectionNicola M Zetola
STD Prevention and Control Services, San Francisco Department of Public Health, 1360 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Mayo Clin Proc 82:1091-102. 2007
..Of particular consequence is the effect of human immunodeficiency virus on the clinical diagnosis, prevalence, and course of neurosyphilis, one of the most serious consequences of syphilis infection...
- Prevalence and correlates of unknown HIV infection among patients seeking care in a public hospital emergency department
Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Public Health Rep 123:41-50. 2008
..To evaluate the potential for the implementation of routine screening, we determined the prevalence of unknown HIV infection among patients being seen in an urban public hospital ED...
- Simplifying consent for HIV testing is associated with an increase in HIV testing and case detection in highest risk groups, San Francisco January 2003-June 2007
Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 3:e2591. 2008
..To describe the change in HIV testing rates in different hospital settings and populations after the change in HIV testing policy in the SFDH medical center, we performed an observational study using interrupted time series analysis...
- Leveraging a rapid, round-the-clock HIV testing system to screen for acute HIV infection in a large urban public medical center
Katerina A Christopoulos
HIV AIDS Division, Department of Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 62:e30-8. 2013
..To describe the prevalence and location of new and acute HIV diagnoses in a large urban medical center. Secondary objectives were to evaluate rapid HIV test performance, the added yield of acute HIV screening, and linkage-to-care outcomes...
- HIV testing: an update
Carina Marquez
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
MLO Med Lab Obs 40:12-4, 16, 18 passim. 2008
- Beyond the end of exceptionalism: integrating HIV testing into routine medical care and HIV prevention
Rachel Smith
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 5:581-9. 2007
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- Performance of a transcription-mediated-amplification HIV-1 RNA assay in pooled specimens
Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
J Clin Virol 40:68-70. 2007
..Very limited data exist on the comparative performance of nucleic acid amplification tests (NATs) for the screening of pooled specimens for acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection...
- Diagnosis and management of acute HIV infection
Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Infect Dis Clin North Am 21:19-48, vii. 2007
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- Syphilis and HIV infection: an update
Nicola M Zetola
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California San Francisco, USA
Clin Infect Dis 44:1222-8. 2007
..In this article, we focus on the most recent literature describing the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of syphilis in the context of HIV infection...
