Primary Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program
Authors: Peter A. Selwyn
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1989)

Brief Reports1 November 1989Primary Care for Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection in a Methadone Maintenance Treatment ProgramPeter A. Selwyn, MD, MPH, Anat R. Feingold, MD, Anita Iezza, RPAC, Meera Satyadeo, RPAC, Janice Colley, RPAC, Rafael Torres, RPAC, Jane F. M. Shaw, MDPeter A. Selwyn, MD, MPH, Anat R. Feingold, MD, Anita Iezza, RPAC, Meera Satyadeo, RPAC, Janice Colley, RPAC, Rafael Torres, RPAC, Jane F. M. Shaw, MDAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-111-9-761 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIntravenous drug users account for a growing number and percentage of cases of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the United States (1). Ashospitals become further burdened by the care of drug users with AIDS (2), and as the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and its sequelae further enters the domain of primary care practitioners (3), strategies for providing outpatient medical care to HIV-infected drug users will be critically important. Given the elusive nature of the intravenous drug-using population and its often erratic contacts with the health care system (4), providing comprehensive AIDS-related primary care to this...References1. . Weekly AIDS surveillance report. Atlanta, Georgia: Centers for Disease Control; 1989 Feb 20. Google Scholar2. Drucker E. AIDS and addiction in New York City. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 1986;12:165-81. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Northfelt D, Hayward R, and Shapiro M. The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a primary care disease. Ann Intern Med. 1988;109:773-5. LinkGoogle Scholar4. Ginzburg H. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: Peter A. Selwyn, MD, MPH; Anat R. Feingold, MD; Anita Iezza, RPAC; Meera Satyadeo, RPAC; Janice Colley, RPAC; Rafael Torres, RPAC; Jane F. M. Shaw, MDFrom Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York. For current author addresses, see end of text. 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