Disease Associations

TB Worsens After Antiretroviral Therapy in Some AIDS Patients

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 25th, 2000

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) correlates with the worsening of tuberculosis (TB) in some AIDS patients, researchers in the United States have found.

"We have previously reported the paradoxical worsening of TB after ART in patients with AIDS (Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1998;158:157)," reported M. Narita and colleagues from the A.G. Holley State Hospital and the University of Miami, Florida. "We now report the results of the ongoing analysis of this phenomenon. "Of importance is the observation of an exacerbation of central nervous system (CNS) symptoms as part of a paradoxical response, with potential life-threatening manifestations."

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