Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Rates of inappropriate antiretroviral prescription among injection drug users | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Open Access Rates of inappropriate antiretroviral prescription among injection drug users Evan Wood 1 2 Robert S Hogg1 3 Thomas Kerr1 2 Simon Bonner1 Steffanie A Strathdee4 Anita Palepu1 2 and Julio SG Montaner1 2 Address 1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS St. Paul s Hospital 608 - 1081 Burrard Street Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6 Canada 2Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine University of British Columbia 3300 - 950 West 10th Avenue Vancouver BC V5Z 4E3 Canada 3Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University 8888 University Drive Burnaby BC V5A 1S6 Canada and 4Department of Family and Preventive Medicine University of California San Diego 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093 USA Email Evan Wood - ewood@ Robert S Hogg - bobhogg@ Thomas Kerr - tkerr@ Simon Bonner - sbonner@ Steffanie A Strathdee - sstrathdee@ Anita Palepu - anita@ Julio SG Montaner - jmontaner@ Corresponding author Published 04 January 2007 Harm Reduction Journal 2007 4 2 doi 1477-7517-4-2 Received 24 October 2006 Accepted 04 January 2007 This article is available from http content 4 1 2 2007 Wood et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Although the survival benefits of antiretroviral therapy ART for the treatment of HIV infection are well established the clinical management of HIV disease continues to present major challenges. There are particular concerns regarding access to appropriate HIV treatment among HIV-infected injection drug users IDU . Methods In a prospective cohort study of HIV-infected IDU in Vancouver Canada we examined initial ART .