Browsing College of Health Sciences (CHS) by Author "Piloya, Theresa"
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Bilateral pedal edema in an HIV patient: Lopinavir/Ritonavir-containing treatment regimen as a potential cause?
Shihab, Hasan M; Lutwama, Fred; Piloya, Theresa; Castelnuovo, Barbara; Kambugu, Andrew D.; Colebunders, Robert (Open Learning on Enteric Pathogens, 2009-03)A large number of patients are switched to second-line antiretroviral therapy, especially in resource limited settings. Lopinavir/Ritonavir is the main drug used in second-line treatment regimens. We describe a patient ... -
Clinical presentation and aetiologies of acute or complicated headache among HIV-seropositive patients in a Ugandan clinic
Katwere, Michael; Kambugu, Andrew; Piloya, Theresa; Wong, Matthew; Hendel-Paterson, Brett; Sande, Merle A.; Ronald, Allan; Katabira, Elly; Were, Edward M.; Menten, Joris; Colebunders, Robert (BioMed Central, 2009)Background: We set out to define the relative prevalence and common presentations of the various aetiologies of headache within an ambulant HIV-seropositive adult population in Kampala, Uganda. Methods: We conducted a ... -
The spectrum of liver diseases in HIV infected individuals at an HIV treatment clinic in Kampala, Uganda
Ocama, Ponsiano; Katwere, Michael; Piloya, Theresa; Feld, Jordan; Opio, Kenneth C.; Katabira, Elly; Thomas, David; Colebunders, Robert; Ronald, Allan (Makerere University Medical School, 2008-03)Background: Liver diseases are common in patients with HIV due to viral hepatitis B and C co-infections, opportunistic infections or malignancies, antiretroviral drugs and drugs for opportunistic infections. Objective: To ... -
Successful Treatment of Psoriasis-like Lesions in HIV Infected Patients in Uganda with Chloroquine
Shihab, Hasan M; Feld, Jordan J; Lutwama, Fred; Piloya, Theresa; Colebunders, Robert (Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2009)The effect of chloroquine in the treatment of psoriasis remains controversial.Treatment of psoriasis in HIV infection is not well described. Chloroquine has been shown to have direct effects on both the Human Immunodeficiency ... -
Successful treatment of psoriasis-like lesions in HIV infected patients in Uganda with chloroquine
Shihab, Hasan M; Feld, Jordan J; Lutwama, Fred; Piloya, Theresa; Colebunders, Robert (Open Infectious Diseases Journal, 2009)The effect of chloroquine in the treatment of psoriasis remains controversial.Treatment of psoriasis in HIV infection is not well described. Chloroquine has been shown to have direct effects on both the Human Immunodeficiency ...