title: [Asymptomatic patient in human immunodeficiency virus infection].
abstract: Clinical management of HIV-infected asymptomatic individuals implies: creating trustful relationship with the practitioner including medical and non medical features such as adequate information and careful attention to emotional and social aspects; integrating, when indicated, the patient in a multidisciplinary approach; establishing a clinical and biological monitoring in order to initiate timely antiretroviral therapy and prophylaxis of opportunistic infections. The occurrence of minor symptoms and the determination of CD4 cell count have a key value in assessing the optimal time to initiate therapy in accordance to current recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Service des maladies infectieuses et tropicales, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jacomet
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Girard
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018791:CD4 Lymphocyte Count; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents
vernacular_title: Le patient asymptomatique au cours de l'infection par le virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.