Italian guidelines for the use of antiretroviral agents and the diagnostic-clinical management of HIV-1 infected persons. Update 2011

This short version complies with the intention expressed in the methodological introduction to the full text Italian Guidelines for the use of antiretroviral drugs and the diagnostic-clinical management of people with HIV-1 infection. By definition, this version should not be considered completely exhaustive with respect to the full text version of the Guidelines, that are available at web site: http://www.salute.gov.it/imgs/C_17_pubblicazioni_ 1301_allegato.pdf. The aim of this version is simply to render certain concepts expressed in the document more usable, by specific circulation in booklet form, inviting the reader to refer to the extended version for further information and full details. It was decided not to discuss in toto in this version certain fundamental parts of the extended versions such as the populations requiring special attention (elderly, women, immigrants, children), the conditions requiring special attention (drug and/or alcohol addiction, detention) or the situations requiring special attention (transplants). For all these populations, conditions or situations, it should be referred at the full text version of the Guidelines. Lastly, it was decided to refer the reader to the extended version for all bibliographic citations, except for the essential references cited at the end of this version.