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Jose G Castro

university of miami
Verified email at med.miami.edu
Cited by 1364

High interest in preexposure prophylaxis among men who have sex with men at risk for HIV infection: baseline data from the US PrEP demonstration project

SE Cohen, E Vittinghoff, O Bacon… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the first biomedical intervention with proven
efficacy to reduce HIV acquisition in men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender …

Effect of risk-reduction counseling with rapid HIV testing on risk of acquiring sexually transmitted infections: the AWARE randomized clinical trial

LR Metsch, DJ Feaster, L Gooden, BR Schackman… - Jama, 2013 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To increase human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing rates, many institutions
and jurisdictions have revised policies to make the testing process rapid, simple, and …

Management of Pneumocystis Jirovecii pneumonia in HIV infected patients: current options, challenges and future directions

JG Castro, M Morrison-Bryant - HIV/AIDS-Research and Palliative …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was led by the merge of
clustered cases of Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia (PCP) in otherwise healthy people in …

Nocardia species infections in a large county hospital in Miami: 6 years experience

JG Castro, L Espinoza - Journal of Infection, 2007 - Elsevier
A review of all cases of nocardiosis in a large hospital in South Florida over the last 6years
was conducted. There were 25 cases of nocardiosis and 76% of them were also infected …

Outbreak of Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase–producing Citrobacter freundii at a tertiary acute care facility in Miami, Florida

A Jiménez, JG Castro, LS Munoz-Price… - infection control & …, 2017 - cambridge.org
OBJECTIVE To describe the investigation and control of a rare cluster of Klebsiella
pneumoniae carbapenemase–producing Citrobacter freundii in a hospital in southern …

[HTML][HTML] High rates of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected patients attending an STI clinic

JG Castro, ML Alcaide - Southern medical journal, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objectives To evaluate the rates and types of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in
patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) attending a public STI clinic …

Crofelemer for the symptomatic relief of non-infectious diarrhea in adult patients with HIV/AIDS on anti-retroviral therapy

JG Castro, N Chin-Beckford - Expert review of clinical …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Chronic diarrhea remains a common condition that affects people infected with human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) despite the widespread use of potent antiretroviral therapy. It …

The incidence of Trichomonas vaginalis infection in women attending nine sexually transmitted diseases clinics in the USA

ML Alcaide, DJ Feaster, R Duan, S Cohen… - Sexually transmitted …, 2016 - sti.bmj.com
Objectives Trichomoniasis (TV) is associated with an increased risk of acquisition of sexually
transmitted diseases (STDs) and HIV. The purpose of this study is to evaluate factors …

Temporal improvements in COVID-19 outcomes for hospitalized adults: a post hoc observational study of remdesivir group participants in the adaptive COVID-19 …

GE Potter, T Bonnett, K Rubenstein… - Annals of internal …, 2022 - acpjournals.org
Background: The COVID-19 standard of care (SOC) evolved rapidly during 2020 and 2021,
but its cumulative effect over time is unclear. Objective: To evaluate whether recovery and …

Rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure probably related to the interaction of atorvastatin and delavirdine

JG Castro, L Gutierrez - The American journal of medicine, 2002 - amjmed.com
The optimal treatment of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who
have hypercholesterolemia has not been completely defined, but preliminary guidelines …