Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy in HIV-1 infected adults and adolescents 2014, Thailand

Table 2 Recommendations for antiretroviral therapy initiation in Thai HIV-infected adolescents and adults with active major opportunistic infections

Opportunistic infections	≤ 50 cells/mm ³	> 50 cells/mm ³
Opportunistic infections	≤ 50 cells/mm ³	More severe*	Less severe
Tuberculosis	Within 2 weeks	Within 2 weeks	Between 2–8 weeks
Cryptococcosis	Between 4–6 weeks
Pneumocystis pneumonia	Between 2–4 weeks
Mycobacterium avium complex infection
Others
Cytomegalovirus infection	As soon as possible
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Cryptosporidium infection

*More severe clinical disease was defined as low Karnofsky score, low body mass index [BMI], low hemoglobin, low albumin, organ system dysfunction, or extent of disease.

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