Open AccessLoss to Follow-Up and Mortality Among HIV-Infected People Co-Infected With TB at ART Initiation in Durban, South Africa
Author(s) -
Ingrid V. Bassett,
Senica Chetty,
Bingxia Wang,
Matilda Mazibuko,
Janet Giddy,
Zhigang Lu,
Rochelle P. Walensky,
Kenneth A. Freedberg,
Elena Losina
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 157
eISSN - 1944-7884
pISSN - 1525-4135
DOI - 10.1097/qai.0b013e31823d3aba
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , sputum , hazard ratio , proportional hazards model , sputum culture , lost to follow up , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , prospective cohort study , young adult , culture conversion , pediatrics , immunology , pathology
To quantify the impact of tuberculosis (TB) co-infection on death and loss to follow-up (LTFU) 12 months after entry into an ART program.