Bacterial Infections
Summary
- Guidelines on opportunistic infections recommend the following strategies for prevention of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia in patients with HIV (Management Guidelines)[CDC OI]
- Adults and adolescents who have never received any pneumococcal vaccine should receive a single dose of PCV13 regardless of CD4+ cell count
- Patients with CD4+ cell counts ≥ 200 cells/mm3 should then receive a dose of PPV23 ≥ 8 weeks later
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