Open AccessIncreased Mortality After Tuberculosis Treatment Completion in Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Latin America
Author(s) -
Serena P. Koenig,
Ahra Kim,
Bryan E. Shepherd,
Carina César,
Valdiléa G. Veloso,
Claudia Cortés,
Denis Padgett,
Brenda Crabtree-Ramírez,
Eduardo Gotuzzo,
Catherine C. McGowan,
Timothy R. Sterling,
Jean William Pape
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases/clinical infectious diseases (online. university of chicago. press)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciz1032
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , hazard ratio , latin americans , confidence interval , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sida , demography , pediatrics , viral disease , gerontology , immunology , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , sociology
We assessed the association between cured tuberculosis (TB) and mortality among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Latin America. We compared survival among persons with and without TB at enrollment in HIV care, starting 9 months after clinic enrollment. In multivariable analysis, TB was associated with higher long-term mortality (hazard ratio, 1.57; 95% confidence interval, 1.25-1.99).