Table 1.

Recommendations for antiretroviral therapy initiation in Thai HIV-infected adolescents and adults

Recommendations	Remarks
Recommend initiating antiretroviral therapy for all HIV-infected patients regardless of CD4 cell count, especially focus on the patients with CD4 ≤ 500 cells/mm3	In case of CD4 > 500 cells/mm3, taking into account the following issues
	- Patients have to understand the benefit and side effects of treatment as well as adhering to the regimens
	- Patients may decide to postpone antiretroviral therapy
	- Assess the readiness of the patients to start antiretroviral therapy
	- In case of asymptomatic HIV-infected patients, the major benefit is to decrease rate of HIV transmission