Brief Report: Impact of Methamphetamine Use and Rectal STIs on Systemic and Rectal Mucosal Inflammation.
Cheríe S BlairJennifer A FulcherGrace D ChoPamina M GorbachSteve ShoptawJesse L ClarkPublished in: Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) (2023)
Systemic and rectal inflammation was positively associated with rectal GC/CT and MA use. Condomless sex in the setting of GC/CT- and MA-induced immune activation may provide a basis for synergistic biobehavioral mechanisms that promote HIV/STI transmission among MSM who use MA.
Keyphrases
- men who have sex with men
- hiv testing
- rectal cancer
- hiv positive
- oxidative stress
- computed tomography
- image quality
- dual energy
- contrast enhanced
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- hepatitis c virus
- human immunodeficiency virus
- magnetic resonance imaging
- drug induced
- high glucose
- hiv aids
- positron emission tomography
- cancer therapy
- drug delivery
- mass spectrometry
- endothelial cells
- pet ct