TY - CHAP T1 - HIV infection in urological practice T2 - Urogenital Infections and Inflammations AU - Wie, Seong-Heon ED - Naber, Kurt G. AD - Prof. SEONGHEON WIE, The Catholic University of Korea, St. Vincent's Hospital, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul, South Korea, E-mail: wiesh@catholic.ac.kr N2 - The present review investigates the association between the presence of urological disorders and the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study suggests that sexually transmitted infections (STIs) can increase the risk of infecting sexual partner or being infected with HIV. However, community-based STI control was not proved to be an effective HIV prevention strategy, although a few clinical trials revealed the possibility that aggressive treatment of STIs could decrease the transmission of HIV in specific population groups. Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV infection has become a chronic disease. Antiretroviral medications also were shown to be effective for the pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis of HIV infection. Urologists should perform a critical role in preventing transmission of HIV by screening of HIV in the patients with urological disorders and using effective strategies to control the HIV epidemic. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/12/13 DO - 10.5680/lhuii000047 LA - en L1 - https://books.publisso.de/en/system/getFile/180 UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhuii000047 L2 - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhuii000047 KW - HIV infection KW - sexually transmitted infection KW - transmission KW - urology PB - German Medical Science GMS Publishing House CY - Berlin ER -