Updates to the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV

The Panel on Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents (the Panel) updated the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Highlights from the updated sections are summarized below: 

Immunization

Hepatitis B Vaccine

• Updated recommendations for Heplisav-B for primary vaccination and for nonresponders to other primary regimens.

Meningococcal Vaccine

• Updated recommendations regarding quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines.

Pneumococcal Vaccine

• Updated recommendations regarding use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) 15 and PCV 20.

For a list of recent updates, please see What's New in the Guidelines. To view or download the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV, go to the Clinicalinfo website. The guidelines tables and recommendations also can be downloaded as separate PDF files. 

Clinicalinfo welcomes your feedback on the latest revisions to the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Please send your comments with the subject line “Adult and Adolescent Opportunistic Infection Guidelines” to HIVinfo@NIH.gov by September 28, 2023.