TB/HIV Coinfection
Preventive Treatment Very Effective in HIV+/TB+
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, March 10th, 1997
Although the study coincided with a resurgence of TB in the United States, the incidence of TB in their cohort of HIV positive patients was less that three episodes per 100 person years, regardless of patient characteristic.
"The members of this cohort maintained a relatively regular schedule of long-term follow-up in their respective study clinics, and were added to antituberculosis prophylaxis if they were considered to be at risk for active...
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