Antiretroviral treatment indications and adherence to the German-Austrian treatment initiation guidelines in the German ClinSurv HIV Cohort between 1999 and 2016.
Melanie StecherPhilipp SchommersDaniel SchmidtChristian KollanBarbara Gunsenheimer-BartmeyerClara LehmannMartin PlattenGerd FätkenheuerJörg Janne Vehreschildnull nullPublished in: Infection (2018)
The majority of patients below the CD4+ T cell count threshold of applicable guidelines initiated treatment within 6 months. We observed a slowly diminishing proportion of patients not starting cART timely. Delayed treatment was more frequent in patients reporting injection drug use.