HIV Medicine for Postgraduates

Virology, diagnosis, ART, opportunistic infections and prevention: a DHHS and NACO based clinical guide

• Free PDF
• Clinical guide
• PG essentials
• 108 pages
• 4.4 MB
• 1st (2026) edition

A one-topic, one-page clinical guide to HIV medicine for MD, DNB and DM residents, updated to the DHHS guidelines on clinicalinfo.hiv.gov and the NACO National Guidelines for HIV Care and Treatment. 82 topics in 9 sections: virology, transmission and natural history; diagnosis, the NACO testing strategy, CD4, viral load and the advanced HIV disease package; antiretroviral therapy (when to start, TLD and NACO first-line, DHHS 2026 initial regimens, drug profiles, adverse effects, drug interactions, treatment failure, second- and third-line ART, IRIS and U=U); OI prophylaxis, tuberculosis with ART and respiratory disease; neurological disease including cryptococcal meningitis and toxoplasmosis; oral, gastrointestinal and liver disease with hepatitis B and C co-infection; eye, skin, blood and other systems; Kaposi sarcoma and lymphomas; and pregnancy (PPTCT), the exposed infant, children, vaccination, PEP and PrEP. Every page has key facts, key investigations, drug tables with doses, interactions and side-effects, flowcharts and clinical pearls, with an OI treatment summary, an ARV drug formulary, high-yield exam questions, an A–Z index and tap-to-open guideline and image links. Where NACO and DHHS differ, both are shown.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: PG (MD/MS/DNB), Practising doctors