Cause-Specific Mortality in HIV-Positive Patients Who Survived Ten Years after Starting Antiretroviral Therapy.
Adam TrickeyMargaret T MayJanne VehreschildNiels ObelMichael John GillHeidi CraneChristoph BoeseckeHasina SamjiSophie GrabarCharles CazanaveMatthias CavassiniLeah ShepherdAntonella d'Arminio MonforteColette SmitMichael SaagFiona LampeVicky HernandoMarta MonteroRobert ZangerleAmy C JusticeTimothy SterlingJose MiroSuzanne IngleJonathan A C Sternenull nullPublished in: PloS one (2016)
Viral replication, lower CD4 count, prior AIDS, and transmission via injecting drug use continue to predict higher all-cause and AIDS-related mortality in patients treated with combination antiretroviral therapy for over a decade. Deaths from AIDS and non-AIDS infection are less frequent than deaths from other non-AIDS causes.