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Trends and outcomes of late initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy driven by late presentation among HIV-positive Taiwanese patients in the era of treatment scale-up.
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 6, p e0179870 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017.
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Abstract
- The international and national HIV treatment guidelines in 2016 have focused on scaling up access to combination antiretroviral therapy (cART). We aimed to assess the trends and treatment outcomes of late cART initiation in Taiwan.Between June 2012 and May 2016, we retrospectively included antiretroviral-naive HIV-positive adults who initiated cART. Late initiation was defined as when cART was initiated in patients with a CD4 count
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.b8ccfcd97dc34fb280bf90f7f5086909
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179870