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

Andrea Antinori1, Simone Marcotullio2, Adriana Ammassari1, Massimo Andreoni3, Gioacchino Angarano4, Orlando Armignacco5, Giampiero Carosi6, Paola Cinque7, Antonella d’Arminio Monforte8, Giovanni Di Perri9, Barbara Ensoli10, Marco Floridia11, Massimo Galli12, Claudio Mastroianni13, Alberto Matteelli6, Francesco Mazzotta14, Mauro Moroni12, Giorgio Palù15, Massimo Puoti16, Vincenzo Puro1, Giuliano Rizzardini17, Evangelista Sagnelli18, Stefano Vella11, Vincenzo Vullo19, Adriano Lazzarin7 for the Italian HIV Guidelines Working Group* 1National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani, IRCCS, Rome, Italy; 2Istituto Superiore di Sanità, National AIDS Centre & Nadir Onlus, Rome, Italy; 3University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy; 4University of Bari, Bari, Italy; 5Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy; 6University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy; 7San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; 8San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 9University of Turin, Turin, Italy; 10Istituto Superiore di Sanità, National AIDS Centre, Rome, Italy; 11Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicine Evaluation, Rome, Italy; 12University of Milan, Milan, Italy; 13S.M. Goretti Hospital, La Sapienza University, Polo Pontino, Latina, Italy; 14S.M. Annunziata Hospital, Florence, Italy; 15University of Padua, Padua, Italy; 16Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy; 17L. Sacco Hospital, Milan, Italy; 18University of Naples, Naples, Italy; 19University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy