The health-care facility environment is rarely implicated in disease transmission, except
among patients who are immunocompromised. Nonetheless, inadvertent exposures to …

The incidence of nearly all AIDS-defining opportunistic infections (OIs) decreased
significantly in the United States in the years 1992–1998; decreases in the most common …

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a major source of morbidity and mortality in the United
States. HCV is transmitted primarily through parenteral exposures to infectious blood or …

These guidelines for the treatment of persons who have or are at risk for sexually transmitted
diseases (STDs) were updated by CDC after consultation with a group of professionals …

This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and
treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults (ie, persons aged> 18 years) …

The clinical microbiology laboratory is often a sentinel for the detection of drug resistant
strains of microorganisms. Standardized protocols require continual scrutiny to detect …

Summary In 1995, the US Public Health Service (USPHS) and the Infectious Diseases
Society of America (IDSA) developed guidelines for preventing opportunistic infections (OIs) …

This report updates and combines into one document earlier versions of guidelines for
preventing and treating opportunistic infections (OIs) among HIV-exposed and HIV-infected …

ObjectiveNew information warrants updated recommendations for the 4 central issues in
antiretroviral therapy: when to start, what drugs to start with, when to change, and what to …

CDC, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Society of Blood and
Marrow Transplantation have cosponsored these guidelines for preventing opportunistic …