RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Antiretroviral treatment of maternal HIV infection.
JF Canadian Family Physician
JO Can Fam Physician
FD The College of Family Physicians of Canada
SP 865
OP 868
VO 50
IS 6
A1 Haleh Talaie
A1 Alejandro A Nava-Ocampo
A1 Gideon Koren
YR 2004
UL http://www.cfp.ca/content/50/6/865.abstract
AB QUESTION: One of my pregnant patients tested positive for human immunodeficiency virus. Will HIV therapy put her pregnancy outcome at risk? ANSWER: The biggest risk is vertical transmission of HIV to her baby. She should be treated with combination therapy; triple therapy is required to reduce vertical transmission. Zidovudine is not teratogenic in humans, but information on other antiretroviral drugs is incomplete.