title: [Severe opportunistic infections in HIV-positive adults in sub-Saharan Africa].
abstract: The threat for opportunistic diseases in HIV-infected adults in sub-Saharan Africa is characterized by a higher frequency of tuberculosis and invasive bacterial diseases than in Europe and by the presence of malaria. Since these three infections may occur early after the onset of immuno-deficiency, HIV-infected patients with less than 200 CD4/mm3 are more likely to develop an infectious episode with severe morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa than in Europe. For this reason the WHO now recommends starting cotrimoxazole prophylaxis at 350 and even 500 CD4/mml in sub-Saharan Africa. The question of whether antiretroviral treatment should also be initiated "earlier" in sub-Saharan Africa than in Europe has also been raised.
authors.affiliation: l'Unité INSERM 593, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, France. Xavier.Anglaret@isped.u-bordeaux2.fr
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Anglaret
mesh_terms: D017954:Africa South of the Sahara / Q000453:epidemiology; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000995:Antitubercular Agents; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination