AIDS and HIV Tuberculosis

Longer Treatment Recommended For Coinfected Patients

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 13th, 2001

by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients coinfected with tuberculosis and HIV have a heightened risk of tuberculosis relapse, researchers in the United States warn.

"The optimal duration of tuberculosis treatment for persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been debated," according to Cynthia R. Driver and colleagues working with the New York City Department of Health Tuberculosis Control Program.

Coinfected patients should receive longer treatment regimens or be checked regularly for tuberculosis recurrence, they say.

Driver and coworkers evaluated therapy outcomes in 4571 patients who were treated...

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