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BROWSE TOPICS IN CLINICAL MANAGEMENT:
Antiretroviral Therapy- Complications of HIV/HAART
- Research & Development
- Clinical Trials
- Quality of Life & Patient Care
Antiretroviral Therapy
Pneumonia & HIV
| Preferred Therapy and Duration Recommendation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
Acute therapy
Total duration = 21 days (AII) |
| For full recommendations, click here |
Overview
- A Clinical Overview of Sulfamethoxazole-
Trimethoprim (Bactrim, Septra, Sulfatrim) (Regularly Updated)
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From U.S. National Institutes of Health - Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP) -- Overview (Regularly Updated)
From aidsmap.com - HIV-Associated Pneumonias (Winter 2008)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation - Serious Bacterial Infections in Children With HIV (April 2006)
From HIV InSite - Opportunistic Infection Prophylaxis: Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia (2006)
A section from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult..
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center - Pneumocystis Pneumonia (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center - Pneumocystosis and HIV (January 2006)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite - Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents: Fungal Infections (December 2004)
82 slides covering Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, Candida, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis, and aspergillosis; available only in PowerPoint.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center - Chart of Opportunistic Infections: Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (October 2001)
From Project Inform - Pneumococcal Infection and HIV (November 1998)
A clinical overview from an online textbook of HIV disease from the University of California San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
From HIV InSite
Treatment
- Sulfa Desensitization (2006)
A chapter from Clinical Manual for Management of the HIV-Infected Adult.
From AIDS Education & Training Centers National Resource Center - Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia (December 17, 2004)
A chapter from "Treating Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents" guidelines.
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In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Research
- Literature Citations for the Clinical Management of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Patients (Regularly Updated)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health - Impact of Pneumococcal Vaccination on the Incidence of Pneumonia by HIV Infection Status among Patients Enrolled in the Veterans Aging Cohort 5-Site Study (April 1, 2008)
In Clinical Infectious Diseases, from Infectious Diseases Society of America - Invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae Infections Declining in HAART Era (August 8, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Pneumococcal Disease Still a Threat for HIV-Positive People; Vaccination Not Always Successful (October 2004)
Quick recap of studies in the journals Clinical Infectious Diseases and the Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS - A Trial of a 9-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children With and Those Without HIV Infection (November 2003)
Abstract of a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care - Large Number of PCP Deaths in Texas Hospital HIV Patients Raises Questions About Access to Medical Care (May 30, 2003)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - Pulmonary Manifestations of HIV Infection in the Era of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (January 7, 2002)
From National AIDS Education and Training Centers Program - Discontinuation of Secondary Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in Patients With HIV Infection Who Have a Response to Antiretroviral Therapy (January 18, 2001)
In New England Journal of Medicine - Randomized Trial of the Discontinuation of Primary and Secondary Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia After Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy in Patients With HIV Infection (January 18, 2001)
In New England Journal of Medicine - Opportunistic Infection News: PCP Developing Resistance to Some Antibiotics (Autumn 2000)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation - Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Invasive Pneumococcal Infections (February 1, 2000)
In Annals of Internal Medicine - Discontinuing Primary and Secondary PCP Prophylaxis in Patients Who Have Increased CD4 Counts in Response to Antiretroviral Therapy: Preliminary Results -- ACTG 888 (January 31, 2000)
In The 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - Poster 244: The Swiss StopCox Study: Is It Safe to Discontinue PCP Prophylaxis in Patients With Detectable Viremia, Low Nadir CD4 Count or T. Gondii Seropositivity? (January 31, 2000)
In The 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections - Risk Factors for Community-Acquired Pneumonia Among Persons Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (January 2000)
In Journal of Infectious Diseases - Discontinuation of Primary Prophylaxis Against Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia in HIV-1-Infected Adults Treated With Combination Antiretroviral Therapy (April 29, 1999)
In New England Journal of Medicine - Does Pneumocystis Carinii Prophylaxis Still Need to Be Lifelong? (April 29, 1999)
In New England Journal of Medicine - Discontinuing PCP Prophylaxis Under HAART (January 20, 1999)
In The Lancet - Risk for Primary Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia After the CD4+ T-lymphocyte Count Rises Above 200 cells/µL (November 13, 1998)
In The 36th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, from The Body PRO
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