2024
Continuous care engagement in clinical practice: perspectives on selected current strategies for people with HIV in the United States
Villanueva M, Wheeler D, Applin S, Hodge T, Zack B, Rebeiro P. Continuous care engagement in clinical practice: perspectives on selected current strategies for people with HIV in the United States. Expert Review Of Anti-infective Therapy 2024, ahead-of-print: 1-11. PMID: 39417530, DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2024.2412988.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCare engagementContinuing care engagementMultistakeholder groupHealthcare system levelPatient's support networkContinuous patient engagementHIV viral suppressionHIV-related morbidityAssociated with reduced ratesPatient engagementHIV carePersonal carePatient levelSupport networksMultidisciplinary teamCareDelivery researchEngagement strategiesGroup of expertsViral suppressionClinical practiceClinical levelAntiretroviral therapyHIVExternal partnerships
2019
Integration of care for HIV and opioid use disorder
Oldfield B, Muñoz N, McGovern M, Funaro M, Villanueva M, Tetrault J, Edelman E. Integration of care for HIV and opioid use disorder. AIDS 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30882491, PMCID: PMC6588508, DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000002125.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV care settingsCare settingsClinical benefitTreatment settingsSystematic reviewBuprenorphine/naloxoneOpioid use disorderProvision of medicationsIntegration of careAntiretroviral therapyOpioid useMedication adherencePROSPERO databaseOvid MEDLINETreatment strategiesObservational studyHIVUse disordersModerate riskBehavioral interventionsScreening strategyOUDRisk reductionTreatmentUnique studies
2018
Fatal cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient complicated with immune reconstitution syndrome refractory to prolonged amphotericin B treatment
Bandaranayake TD, Ogbuagu OE, Mahajan A, Vortmeyer AO, Villanueva MS. Fatal cryptococcal meningitis in an AIDS patient complicated with immune reconstitution syndrome refractory to prolonged amphotericin B treatment. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2018, 29: 1250-1254. PMID: 29749873, DOI: 10.1177/0956462418773219.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsCentral nervous system diseaseNervous system diseasesCryptococcal meningitisSystem diseasesSevere central nervous system diseaseFatal cryptococcal meningitisLiposomal amphotericin BAmphotericin B treatmentImmune recoveryPatient refractoryAntiretroviral therapyTherapeutic challengeTreatment failureAIDS patientsCystic lesionsFatal casesTreatment approachesMeningitisAmphotericin BC. neoformansMultiple coursesCryptococcus neoformansPatientsB treatmentDisease
2017
Efficacy of an 8-week course of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir for the treatment of HCV infection in selected HIV-infected patients
Ogbuagu O, Hao R, Virata M, Villanueva M, Malinis M. Efficacy of an 8-week course of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir for the treatment of HCV infection in selected HIV-infected patients. F1000Research 2017, 6: 620. DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11397.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHCV genotype 1 infectionGenotype 1 infectionHCV viral loadSOF/LDVViral loadSVR 12Treatment regimenGenotype 1Sustained virologic response 12 weeksYale New Haven Health SystemIU/HCV co-infected patientsVirologic response 12 weeksCo-infected patientsHCV treatment regimenMono-infected patientsSimilar viral loadsCompletion of therapyHCV genotype 1HIV viral loadSame treatment regimenSofosbuvir/ledipasvirStudy eligibility criteriaAntiretroviral therapyHCV infection
2016
Integrase strand transferase inhibitors: the preferred antiretroviral regimen in HIV-positive renal transplantation
Azar MM, Malinis MF, Moss J, Formica RN, Villanueva MS. Integrase strand transferase inhibitors: the preferred antiretroviral regimen in HIV-positive renal transplantation. International Journal Of STD & AIDS 2016, 28: 447-458. PMID: 27193421, DOI: 10.1177/0956462416651528.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInhibitor-based regimensRenal transplantationHIV/AIDSAntiretroviral regimenAntiretroviral therapyGraft survivalHIV-positive renal transplant recipientsEnd-stage renal diseaseHIV-positive patientsRenal transplant recipientsChronic kidney diseaseThree-year survivalInhibitor-based therapyNon-nucleoside reverseDrug-drug interactionsTransferase inhibitorsImmunosuppressive medicationsKidney transplantationTransplant recipientsAllograft rejectionGraft failureRenal diseaseCalcineurin inhibitorsClinical outcomesImmunosuppressive drugs