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Additional file 2. Table S2. Patientsâ characteristics stratified by reported and non-reported alcohol consumption.

Additional file 1. Table S1. List of Ethic Committees that Approved Icona Study.

Table S1. Baseline third drugs in patients who switched to triple, dual, or monotherapy. (DOCX 12 kb)

Andrea Antinori,1 Paola Meraviglia,2 Antonella d’Arminio Monforte,3,4 Antonella Castagna,5,6 Cristina Mussini,7 Teresa Bini,4 Nicola Gianotti,5 Stefano Rusconi,8 Elisa Colella,8 Giuseppe Airoldi,9 Daniela Mancusi,10 Roberta Termini10 1Clinical Department, National Institute for Infectious Diseases “L. Spallanzani”, Rome, 2Department of Infectious Disease, “L. Sacco” University Hospital, 3Department of Health Sciences – University of Milan, 4Clinic of Infectious Diseases, “San Paolo” Hospital, 5Infectious Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 6Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, 7Institute of Infectious Diseases, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, 8Infectious Diseases Unit, DIBIC Luigi Sacco, University of Milan, 9Studio Associato Airoldi, Cicogna, Ghirri, 10Janssen-Cilag SpA, Medical Affairs, Cologno Monzese, Milan, Italy Abstract: Current antiretroviral (ARV) therapy for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1)-infected patients provides long-term control of viral load (VL). Darunavir (DRV) is a nonpeptidomimetic protease inhibitor approved for use with a ritonavir booster (DRV/r). This study evaluated the effectiveness of DRV/r in combination with other ARV agents in routine clinical practice in Italy. In this descriptive observational study, data on utilization of DRV/r, under the conditions described in the marketing authorization, were collected from June 2009 to December 2012. Effectiveness (VL

Seven AIDS patients with central nervous system (CNS) disease and cytomegalovirus (CMV) DNA in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) were evaluated before and 3 weeks after standard ganciclovir treatment by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on limiting dilutions and by quantitative PCR. After therapy, PCR CSF was negative for CMV in 3 patients with low baseline levels of CMV DNA and positive with decreased DNA titers in 4 patients with higher baseline levels. CMV pp65 antigen in polymorphonuclear leukocytes was found in 6 of 7 patients before therapy and in none of 5 after therapy. At autopsy, CMV was found in the CNS of the 4 cases examined, including 3 whose CSF was continuously positive by PCR. Quantitative PCR of CSF is useful for monitoring ganciclovir treatment in CMV infection of the CNS. In AIDS patients, standard ganciclovir treatment seems effective in reducing but not suppressing viral replication in severe cases of CMV infection of the CNS. © 1995 by The University of Chicago.