HIV disease: a review for the family physician. Part I. Evaluation and conventional therapy

Family physicians will be challenged with caring for increasing numbers of patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. After confirming the presence of the infection, the physician must follow a logical sequence of evaluation, counseling and treatment. The current Centers for Disease Control classification and a series of evaluation and treatment protocols form the basis for prescribing zidovudine to delay or mitigate involvement of T lymphocytes and neuronal cells.