Early Use Of Antiretroviral Treatment Improves Survival Rate Of HIV Patients

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 01:28 in Health & Medicine

Scientists have demonstrated that mortality rates of HIV patients can be almost halved when early antiretroviral (ARV) therapy is added to the treatment of AIDS-related opportunistic infections (OIs) such as pneumonia, meningitis or other serious bacterial infections. The researchers recommend changes in the treatment regimes for HIV patients worldwide.

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