The risk of late or advanced presentation of HIV infected patients is still high, associated factors evolve but impact on overall mortality is vanishing over calendar years: results from the Italian MASTER Cohort

• Main Authors: Elena Raffetti (Author), Maria Concetta Postorino (Author), Francesco Castelli (Author), Salvatore Casari (Author), Filippo Castelnuovo (Author), Franco Maggiolo (Author), Elisa Di Filippo (Author), Alessandro D'Avino (Author), Andrea Gori (Author), Nicoletta Ladisa (Author), Massimo Di Pietro (Author), Laura Sighinolfi (Author), Fabio Zacchi (Author), Carlo Torti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We aimed at evaluating frequency and factors associated with late presentation and advanced HIV disease and excess risk of death due to these conditions from 1985 to 2013 among naïve HIV infected patients enrolled in the Italian MASTER Cohort. Methods All antiretroviral naive ad...