Disseminated m.avium complex infection in the Swiss HIV cohort study: declining incidence, improved prognosis and discontinuation of maintenance therapy
Author(s) -
M Rossi,
Markus Flepp,
Amalio Telenti,
Véronique Schiffer,
Niklaus Egloff,
H C Bucher,
P Vernazza,
Enos Bernasconi,
Rainer Weber,
Martin Rickenbach,
H Furrer
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
schweizerische medizinische wochenschrift
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0036-7672
DOI - 10.4414/smw.2001.09728
Subject(s) - medicine , discontinuation , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , cohort , prospective cohort study , survival analysis , cohort study , cumulative incidence , antiretroviral therapy , pediatrics , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , surgery , viral load , immunology , confidence interval , physics , optics
Introduction of potent antiretroviral combination therapy (ART) has reduced overall morbidity and mortality amongst HIV-infected adults. Some prophylactic regimes against opportunistic infections can be discontinued in patients under successful ART.
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