Problems in the Management of Opportunistic Infections in Patients Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

摘要: Opportunistic infections ultimately occur in most patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and are responsible for 90% of deaths. Over the decade since acquired syndrome (AIDS) was first recognized, important advances have been made reducing morbidity mortality opportunistic HIV. These include an improved understanding relationship between immunologic parameters infection, allowing occurrence infectious complications to be more predictable; development prophylactic regimens chronic suppressive that effective, well tolerated, convenient; emphasis on earlier diagnosis therapeutic intervention those processes not prevented. allowed quality duration patient survival improve during this decade, but they can also anticipated alter spectrum clinical manifestations health care providers going see epidemic's second decade.