A Female Patient Who Is 8 Weeks Pregnant Is Seen

A female patient who is 8 weeks pregnant is seen by a primary care nurse practitioner (NP) after a routine prenatal screen was positive for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) .A CD4 cell count is 750 cells/mm.The NP should:

A) begin immediate therapy with zidovudine and lamivudine.
B) begin therapy with zidovudine when she is in her second trimester.
C) delay treatment with antiretroviral medications until after her pregnancy.
D) initiate therapy with zidovudine if her CD4 cell count decreases to 500 cells/mm.