(ATDN) New Treatment Guidelines

(ATDN) New Treatment Guidelines

Treatment Review No. 20; November 1995

The US Public Health Service has issued new guidelines to assist health care providers and clinicians to prevent and treat a broad range of the infections that take advantage of a weakened immune system and can cause illness in people with AIDS and HIV. These guidelines describe the symptoms that these different opportunistic infections can cause, as well as the more common treatments for them. The guidelines include infections such as PCP pneumonia, which is the most common AIDS-related infection. This condition is both treatable and preventable, and there are different treatment options available depending on how tolerant and responsive an individual is to these medications. In addition to PCP pneumonia, the guidelines also include less common but equally important infections such as toxoplasmosis, tuberculosis (TB), candidiasis (Thrush), and Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC). Several dozen infections altogether are included in the guidelines. For the complete guidelines, which are free of charge, call the CDC AIDS Clearinghouse at (800) 458-5231. The guidelines can also be found on the Network's Internet home page at http://health.nyam.org: 8000/public_html/network

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