HIV/AIDS Co-Infection Therapy
Study results from University of Sao Paulo in the area of HIV/AIDS co-infection therapy published
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 13th, 2009
New research, 'Active tuberculosis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis latent infection in patients with HIV/AIDS,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research published in the journal HIV Medicine, "Tuberculosis (TB) remains an important disease associated with HIV infection and AIDS in Brazil, even in a setting of free access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and TB treatment. In previous studies, isoniazid therapy (IT) for latent infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (LIMTb) was found to reduce the risk of TB by 62% in patients with a tuberculin test (TT) >5 mm."
"The objectives of this study were to investigate the occurrence of TB, the...
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