In this episode from the series “Key Decisions in HIV Care,” Cristina Mussini, MD, and William R. Short, MD, MPH, AAHIVS, discuss important considerations for ART with opportunistic infections, including: When to start ART with pneumocystis pneumonia including discussion of the ACTG 5164 study of immediate vs delayed ART with opportunistic infectionsEACS, DHHS, and IAS-USA guideline recommendations for starting ART in the setting of most opportunistic infectionsConsiderations for the administration of ART to patients who are unable to swallow or critically ill and intubatedTreatment of Kaposi sarcoma and considerations for starting ART to avoid drug–drug interactions with Kaposi sarcoma treatmentConsiderations for starting ART with cytomegalovirus and the risk for IRIS from cytomegalovirusDiscussion of treatment of cytomegalovirus and overlapping toxicities between its treatment and ARTWhen to start ART with cryptococcal meningitis and the data to support delayed treatment initiation with this particular opportunistic infectionEACS, DHHS, and IAS-USA guideline recommendations for starting ART in the setting of cryptococcal meningitis specificallyTreatment of cryptococcal meningitis and managing drug–drug interactions between ART and antifungal therapyPresenters:Cristina Mussini, MDHead of Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical MedicineFull Professor of Infectious DiseasesInfectious Diseases Clinics University HospitalUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaReggio Emilia, Italy William R. Short, MD, MPH, AAHIVSAssociate Professor of MedicineDivision of Infectious DiseasesDepartment of MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania Content based on an online CME program supported by educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Inc.; Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP; and ViiV Healthcare.Follow along with the slides at:https://bit.ly/3uktrm1Link to full program:https://bit.ly/3q2DlGd Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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