Therapy (TB)
Mortality Higher in HIV+ Treated with Twice Weekly DOT
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 13th, 1999
In this study, C. Connolly and colleagues from Durban, South Africa's Centre for Epidemiological Research examined post-treatment relapse and mortality rates among HIV infected and uninfected patients with tuberculosis treated with a twice-weekly drug regimen under direct observation (DOT) in Hlabisa, South Africa.
A group of 403 patients with tuberculosis (53 percent HIV infected) were cured following...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (1999-09-13)
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