Bibliographic Info
Recommendation
Recommended in favor
Strong
Certainty of evidence
Low
zidovudine (AZT) + lamivudine (3TC) is recommended as the preferred backbone regimen for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for children. Abacavir (ABC) + 3TC or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) + 3TC or emtricitabine (FTC) can be considered as alternative regimens
Also Featured In
This recommendation also appears in the following guidelines:
Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents and children: recommendations for a public health approach: December 2014 supplement to the 2013 consolidated guidelines on the use of antiretroviral drugs for treating and preventing HIV infection
Updated recommendations on first-line and second-line antiretroviral regimens and post-exposure prophylaxis and recommendations on early infant diagnosis of HIV
Consolidated guidelines on HIV prevention, testing, treatment, service delivery and monitoring: recommendations for a public health approach
Guidelines for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis