Osteoarticular complications related to HIV infection and highly active antiretroviral therapy

• Autor(a) principal: Lima,Ana Lúcia Lei Munhoz
• Data de Publicação: 2007
• Outros Autores: Zumiotti,Arnaldo Valdir, Camanho,Gilberto Luis, Benegas,Eduardo, Santos,Alexandre Leme Godoy dos, D'Elia,Caio Oliveira, Oliveira,Priscila Rosalba Domingos
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000400012
• topic: HIV; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; osteoarticular; antiretroviral agents

With the significant increase in life expectancy for HIV-infected patients in the era of high potency antiretroviral therapy, major metabolic changes have been observed due to the prolonged period of the viral infection and the treatment itself. Osteoarticular changes resulting from these processes are mainly reported in long term HIV-infected patients receiving high potency antiretroviral therapy and include osteopenia/osteoporosis, osteonecrosis, carpal tunnel syndrome and adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.