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01-05-2014 | Oral presentation
Antiretroviral treatment in adult ethnobotanical intravenous drug users recently infected with HIV
Authors:
Ionuț Cristian Popa, Simona Erscoiu, Cristina Pătru, Olivia Burcoş, Tatiana Stoicev, Emanoil Ceauşu, Nicoleta Pîrvu, Denis Oncel, Raia Loghin, Ana-Maria Mehedinți
Published in:
BMC Infectious Diseases
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Special Issue 4/2014
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Excerpt
During the last few years in Romania, increased numbers of new HIV infections among ethnobotanicals intravenous drug users (eIVDU) were observed. Although most cases have relatively good immunological status, some patients reclaim antiretroviral (ARV) treatment because of very low CD4 count, severe comorbidities and/or pregnancies despite difficulties related to their adherence. …