Published in AIDS Weekly, June 12th, 2006
Study 1: Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is prevalent among HIV/AIDS patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Haiti.
According to recent research from the United States, "Tuberculosis is the major opportunistic infection of HIV/AIDS in developing countries. We investigated the prevalence rate of multidrug-resistant (MDR) tuberculosis at an HIV voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
"A cross-sectional prevalence study of MDR-tuberculosis was conducted at a VCT Center. All patients reporting at least 5 days of cough...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2006-06-12)
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