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ArticleFrontiers in medicine2022

Early Antiretroviral Therapy in AIDS Patients Presenting With

Nadia Cubas-Vega, Paola López Del-Tejo, Djane C Baia-da-Silva, Vanderson Souza Sampaio, Bruno Araújo Jardim, Monique Freire Santana, Luiz Carlos Lima Ferreira, Izabella Picinin Safe, Márcia A Araújo Alexandre, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nadia Cubas-VegaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Paola López Del-TejoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Djane C Baia-da-SilvaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Vanderson Souza SampaioPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Bruno Araújo JardimInstituto de Pesquisa Clínica Carlos Borborema, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil.
Monique Freire SantanaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Luiz Carlos Lima FerreiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Izabella Picinin SafePrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Márcia A Araújo AlexandreDepartamento Clínico, Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado, Manaus, Brazil.
Marcus Vinícius Guimarães LacerdaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Wuelton Marcelo MonteiroPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Fernando ValPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Medicina Tropical, Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil.
Fundação de Medicina Tropical · BRUniversidade do Estado do Amazonas · BRUniversidade Federal do Amazonas · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Evidence on the optimal time to initiate antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the presence of toxoplasmic encephalitis (TE) is scarce. We compared the impact of early vs. delayed ART initiation on mortality and neurologic complications at discharge in a Brazilian population co-infected with HIV and TE. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated data from 9 years of hospitalizations at a referral center in Manaus, Amazonas. All ART-naïve hospitalized patients were divided into early initiation treatment (EIT) (0-4 weeks) and delayed initiation treatment (DIT) (>4 weeks). The groups were compared using chi-square test and mortality at 16 weeks. Results: Four hundred sixty nine patients were included, of whom 357 (76.1%) belonged to the EIT group. The median CD4 Conclusion: In patients with AIDS and TE, early ART initiation might have a detrimental influence on the occurrence of sequelae.

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antiretroviralcomplicationsHIV/AIDStherapyToxoplasma gondiitoxoplasmic encephalitis

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PMID35280886
PMCPMC8914028
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