HIV/AIDS Co-Infection

Research on HIV/AIDS co-infection published by O.A. Marzuki et al

Published in AIDS Weekly, December 15th, 2008

"Tuberculosis (TB) affects one-third of the world's population. Anti-TB drugs with isoniazid, rifampicin and pyrazinamide are very effective but they can cause hepatotoxicity," scientists in Kuantan, Malaysia report.

"Many risk factors have been recognised. Data on prevalence of anti-TB drug-induced hepatitis as well as the contributing risk factors are scarce in Malaysia. This observational case control study was designed to look at the prevalence and the risk factors of drug-induced hepatitis in our population. We retrospectively examined all the case notes of anti-TB drug-induced hepatitis over a 30-month period from January 2003 to June 2005. They were compared with...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2008-12-15)

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