Is antiretroviral treatment of primary HIV infection clinically justified on the basis of current evidence?

AIDS

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 709-718

  Smith, Don E ^a,c   Walker, Bruce D ^b   Cooper, David A ^a   Rosenberg, Eric S ^b   Kaldor, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Primary

Indexed keywords

3 [(4,7 DICHLORO 2 BENZOXAZOLYLMETHYL)AMINO] 5 ETHYL 6 METHYL 2(1H) PYRIDONE; ABACAVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMPRENAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIDANOSINE; HYDROXYUREA; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INDINAVIR; INTERLEUKIN 2; LAMIVUDINE; MARKER; NELFINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; PLACEBO; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RITONAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR; STAVUDINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CELL COUNT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENCY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDLINE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2042515582     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200403260-00001     Document Type: Review

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