HIV/AIDS Therapy

Current guidelines to prevent opportunistic infections in HIV infection detailed

Published in Blood Weekly, September 30th, 2004

The current guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in HIV-infected persons are given.

"This article outlines the current official recommendations for the prevention of opportunistic disease in adults and adolescents infected with human immunodeficiency virus, including specific guidelines for discontinuing primary and secondary prophylaxis when immune reconstitution has occurred as a result of highly active antiretroviral therapies," investigators in the United States report.

"The recommendations, developed by the U.S. Public Health Service and the Infectious Diseases Society of America for clinicians and healthcare providers,"...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2004-09-30)

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