Dual Infection (TB/HIV)
Proinflammatory Cytokines in TB Influence HIV Course
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, May 11th, 1998
Studies from the U.S. National Institutes of Health suggest that the increase in HIV replication in vivo during tuberculosis is partly due to the release of proinflammatory cytokines.
"The balance between interleukin 2 and proinflammatory and antiinflammatory cytokines plays a major role in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-induced replication of HIV," Delia Goletti and colleagues wrote ("The In Vitro Induction of HIV Replication in Purified Protein Derivative-Positive HIV Infected Persons by Recall Antigen Response to Mycobacterium...
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