Article
Time to HAART initiation after diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS in Latin America
Registro en:
CRABTREE-RAMÍREZ, Brenda. et al. Time to HAART Initiation after diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infections in patients with AIDS in Latin America. PLoS ONE, v. 11, n. 6, p. e0153921, 2016.
1932-6203
10.1371/journal.pone.0153921
Autor
Crabtree-Ramírez, Brenda
Caro-Vega, Yanink
Shepherd, Bryan E
Grinsztejn, Beatriz
Wolff, Marcelo
Cortes, Claudia P
Padgett, Denis
Carriquiry, Gabriela
Fink, Valeria
Jayathilake, Karu
Person, Anna K
McGowan, Catherine
Sierra-Madero, Juan
CCASAnet
IeDEA
Resumen
CCASAnet- Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV Epidemiology;/ IeDEA- International Epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS Program. Since 2009, earlier initiation of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) after an opportunistic infection (OI) has been recommended based on lower risks of death and AIDS-related progression found in clinical trials. Delay in HAART initiation after OIs may be an important barrier for successful outcomes in patients with advanced disease. Timing of HAART initiation after an OI in "real life" settings in Latin America has not been evaluated.