Switching to second-line ART in relation to mortality in a large Tanzanian HIV cohort
Author(s) -
Claudia Hawkins,
Ellen Hertzmark,
Donna Spiegelman,
Aisa Muya,
Nzovu Ulenga,
Sehee Kim,
Polyna Khudyakov,
Beatrice Christian,
David Sando,
Eric Aris,
Wafaie Fawzi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkx098
Subject(s) - medicine , cohort , regimen , second line , cohort study , incidence (geometry) , mortality rate , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , first line , immunology , physics , optics
In a large cohort of HIV-infected Tanzanians, we assessed: (i) rates of first-line treatment failure and switches to second-line ART; (ii) the effect of switching to second-line ART on death and loss to follow-up; and (iii) treatment outcomes on second-line ART by regimen.
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