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An Ounce of Prevention

GMHC Treatment Issues; Volume 4 no. 1 January 29, 1990
Editor

Editor's note: In this Treatment Issues, we inaugurate a new regular column that will focus on preventative strategies for opportunistic infections. Aggressive prophylactic treatment for PCP has dramatically lowered the incidence of this often fatal pneumonia and increased average survival in AIDS. It is time to turn to other viral, fungal and bacterial infections that may be preventable. Some of the information that will be reported n "An Ounce of Prevention" will be anecdotal (i.e. not published). Since prophylaxis of many of these infections is a new strategy, sometimes the only information available is word of mouth.

Clinicians who are successfully prophylaxing opportunistic infections are encouraged to write to GMHC, Medical Information Program, 119 West 24th St., New York, N.Y. 10011, to share their experience.


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