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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.

Authors :
Kuan-Yin Lin
Chien-Yu Cheng
Chia-Wen Li
Chia-Jui Yang
Mao-Song Tsai
Chun-Eng Liu
Yuan-Ti Lee
Hung-Jen Tang
Ning-Chi Wang
Te-Yu Lin
Yi-Chien Lee
Shih-Ping Lin
Yu-Shan Huang
Jun-Yu Zhang
Wen-Chien Ko
Shu-Hsing Cheng
Chien-Ching Hung
Taiwan HIV Study Group
Source :
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 6, p e0179870 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017.

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

Subjects

Subjects :
Medicine
Science

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