Cochrane Reviews on HIV/AIDS by the READ-It team

Cochrane Reviews: HIV/AIDS

30 Sep 2019

Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV‐positive individuals

To determine the diagnostic accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for detecting abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV‐positive individuals.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

17 Jun 2019

Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV

To assess the effects of rapid initiation of ART (defined as offering ART within seven days of HIV diagnosis) on treatment outcomes and mortality in people living with HIV (PLWH). We also aim to describe the characteristics of rapid ART interventions used in the included studies.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

09 Nov 2018

Antiretroviral resistance testing in HIV-positive people

The aim of this review was to find out whether a drug resistance test for people living with HIV (starting antiretroviral therapy (ART) or already on ART but with unsuppressed HIV) would reduce the number of deaths or improve HIV suppression.

Cochrane Systematic Review: NEW

29 Aug 2018

Primary antifungal prophylaxis for cryptococcal disease in HIV -positive people

The aim of this Cochrane Review was to find out if taking an antifungal drug regularly, such as fluconazole, prevented HIV‐positive people who have low cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell counts, from getting cryptococcal disease, and what the potential complications were.

Cochrane Systematic Review: UPDATE

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Cochrane Reviews: HIV/AIDS

Abdominal ultrasound for diagnosing abdominal tuberculosis or disseminated tuberculosis with abdominal involvement in HIV‐positive individuals

Rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV

Antiretroviral resistance testing in HIV-positive people

Primary antifungal prophylaxis for cryptococcal disease in HIV -positive people

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