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Second-line treatment in the Malawi antiretroviral programme: high early mortality, but good outcomes in survivors, despite extensive drug resistance at baseline.
HIV medicine - 1 Sept 2010
Hosseinipour M C, Kumwenda J J, Weigel R, Brown L B, Mzinganjira D, Mhango B, Eron J J, Phiri S, van Oosterhout J J
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OBJECTIVES: The Malawi antiretroviral therapy (ART) programme uses the public health approach to identify ART failure. Advanced disease progression may occur before switching to second-line ART. We report outcomes for patients evaluated and initiated on second-line treatment in Malawi. METHODS: Patients meeting Malawi immunological or clinical criteria for ART failure in two large urban ART clinics were evaluated...
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