Table 1 Recommendations for antiretroviral therapy initiation in Thai HIV-infected adolescents and adults
From: Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected adults and adolescents 2014, Thailand
Recommendations | Remarks |
|---|---|
Recommend initiating antiretroviral therapy for all HIV-infected patients regardless of CD4 cell count, especially focus on the patients with CD4 ≤ 500 cells/mm3 | In case of CD4 > 500 cells/mm3, taking into account the following issues |
|  |     - Patients have to understand the benefit and side effects of treatment as well as adhering to the regimens |
|  |     - Patients may decide to postpone antiretroviral therapy |
|  |     - Assess the readiness of the patients to start antiretroviral therapy |
|  |     - In case of asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, the major benefit is to decrease rate of HIV transmission |