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HIV/AIDS Co-Infection
Research from J. Cha and co-researchers provides new data on HIV/AIDS co-infection
June 15th, 2009
According to recent research published in the Korean Journal of Radiology, "This study was designed to describe the radiological findings of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) and to compare the observed findings with findings of drug-sensitive (DS) and non-XDR multidrug-resistant (MDR) TB in non-AIDS patients. From September 1994 to December 2007, 53 MDR TB patients (M:F = 32:21; mean age, 38 years) and 15 XDR TB non-AIDS patients (M:F = 8:7; mean age, 36 years) were enrolled in the study." "All of the MDR TB patients had received no treatment or less than one month of anti-TB treatment. In addition, all XDR TB patients received either...
Source: Tuberculosis Week (2009-06-15)
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