Top 5 Most-Read News Content of 2023

Vitamin B deficiency, case reports on abdominal pain, and the link between COVID-19 vaccination and HIV viral suppression were some of the topics that were covered in the top 5 most-read news articles published by AJMC.com in 2023.

Here are the top 5 news articles of 2023.

5. COVID-19 Vaccination Uptake Associated With HIV Viral Suppression in People Who Inject Drugs

A study found that people who inject drugs were associated with quicker uptake of the COVID-19 vaccination if they had HIV infection and had viral suppression. People with HIV who were virally suppressed had a lower median time to completion of 12.4 weeks compared with participants who did not have HIV who completed their primary series in 28.3 weeks.

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4. Vitamin B Deficiency Can Mimic TTP, Case Report Warns

Psuedo-thrombotic microangiopathy (pseudo-TMA) was found in a patient who had vitamin B12 deficiency. Although pseudo-TMA can appear similar to thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), treating these diseases is very different and can take different forms. Pseudo-TMA is easier to treat through blood infusions and B12 injections in conjunction with prednisone, which normalized the case patient’s blood work. Actual TMA requires emergency care and should be addressed differently.

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3. Women With HIV More Likely to Get Vitamin D From Supplements, Not Diet

Lower dietary vitamin D intake was found in women living with HIV in Canada. However, women living with HIV were also found to have higher rates of supplementation for vitamin D compared with women without HIV. However, both women with HIV and without HIV had about the same median (IQR) of total intake of vitamin D, regardless of how they received it (8.28 [0.48-20.57] μg/day vs 5.27 [1.43-11.61] μg/day, respectively). Women with HIV were 71% less likely to consume dietary vitamin D above median.

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2. Patient Complaining of Abdominal pain Found to Have Unusual Case of DLBCL

A rare case of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) was found in a patient who had a large cystic left retroperitoneal mass. Masses diagnosed with DLBCL more commonly involve lymph nodes in the neck, abdomen, or mediastinum with weight loss and night sweats among the symptoms. The patient, who was aged 53 years and had other comorbidities, had been receiving treatment with chemotherapy before having surgery to remove the mass.

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1. Vitamin D Deficiency Linked With CDI Recurrence, Study Finds

Patients who were infected with Clostridioides difficile who had a vitamin D deficiency had a higher risk of recurrence. Supplements for vitamin D were recommended by the authors of the study in order reduce the risk of a recurrent infection of C diff. Patients with a vitamin D deficiency had a higher rate of recurrence after a C diff infection compared with those without a deficiency (17.4% vs 14.7%). Patients also stayed a half-day longer in the hospital if they had vitamin D deficiency (10.38 days vs 9.83 days).

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