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JAMA. 2001;286:1308.

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MMWR. 2001;50:687

The 2001 Guidelines for the Prevention of Opportunistic Infections (OIs) in Persons Infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus are now available in draft form on the AIDS Treatment and Information Service website (http://www.hivatis.org). These guidelines, originally published in 1995 and revised in 1997 and 1999, address prevention of 19 HIV-associated OIs, or groups of OIs, with regard to preventing exposure to the infectious agent, preventing disease by chemoprophylaxis or vaccination (primary prophylaxis), and preventing disease recurrence in persons already treated for an OI (secondary prophylaxis). The guidelines include recommendations for adults and children, with specific information on care of pregnant women. As in earlier editions of the guidelines, recommendations are rated using a system that indicates the strength of each recommendation and quality of evidence supporting it.

The primary changes in the 2001 guidelines pertain to discontinuing chemoprophylaxis in patients whose CD4 + lymphocyte counts have increased . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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