To treat or not to treat? No longer a question.
Evaluation of: Violari A, Paed FC, Cotton MF et al.: Early antiretroviral therapy and mortality among HIV-infected infants. N. Engl. J. Med. 359(21), 2233-2244 (2008). Violari and her colleagues report the first randomized, open-label trial showing that early diagnosis and treatment with antiretroviral therapy decreases mortality and HIV progression in HIV-infected infants. The reality of implementing this recommendation into clinical care is challenging in resource-poor countries. Support for earlier diagnosis and access to antiretrovirals is improving, but access to HAART for all HIV-infected infants and children is often lacking. A change in care systems advocating early institution of antiretroviral therapy for all infants in these developing countries is clearly needed.
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