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What is your approach to starting antiretroviral therapy in a patient living with HIV who is diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis?

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Infectious Disease · Georgetown University

For newly HIV-diagnosed persons with cryptococcal meningitis, the current guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV recommend deferral of ART initiation until after the first 4-6 weeks of cryptococcal meningitis treatment, due to findi...

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