Conference Coverage (Vancouver AIDS Conference)

HIV Status of TB Patients Must Be Known

Published in AIDS Weekly, September 9th, 1996

Better efforts must be made to determine the HIV status of tuberculosis patients in the United States, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report.

"The resurgence of tuberculosis in the United States and the problem of multidrug resistance has been linked to the HIV epidemic," the CDC's Eugene McCray said during a presentation given at the XI International Conference on AIDS, held July 7-12, 1996 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

"Information on HIV status of all TB cases is necessary to adequately ensure the best provision of service and to monitor trends in TB comorbidity in the United States. We recommend...

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