"The Risk for Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia (PCP) and Disseminated Nontuberculous Mycobacteriosis (dMb) After an Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Associated I

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the 6th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, held January 31 - February 4, 1999, in Chicago, Illinois, "The risk for preventable opportunistic infections after an ART-induced increase in the CD4 count, to above the levels at which prophylaxis is recommended, remains unclear. To examine this issue, we analyzed data collected 1990-1998 from ASD, a longitudinal medical record surveillance study of HIV infected persons in 10 U.S. cities and Puerto Rico. We selected patients who were prescribed ART. For PCP, we calculated the incidence rate per 100 person-years (IR) for persons who had a >100 CD4 increase from...

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