HIV/AIDS
Research on HIV/AIDS Detailed by L. Moura and Co-Authors
Published in AIDS Weekly, October 31st, 2011
2011 OCT 31 -- According to the authors of a study from Recife, Brazil, "The tuberculin skin test (TST) is still the standard test for detecting latent infection by M tuberculosis (LTBI). Given that the Brazilian Health Ministry recommends that the treatment of latent tuberculosis (LTBI) should be guided by the TST results, the present study sets out to describe the coverage of administering the TST in people living with HIV at two referral health centers in the city of Recife, where TST is offered to all patients."
"In addition, factors associated with the non-application of the test and with positive TST results were also analyzed. A cross-sectional study...
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Source: AIDS Weekly (2011-10-31)
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