Lack of Weight Gain During the First 2 Months of Treatment and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Independently Predict Unsuccessful Treatment Outcomes in Tuberculosis
Author(s) -
Lauren Peetluk,
Peter F. Rebeiro,
Marcelo CordeiroSantos,
Afrânio Lineu Kritski,
Bruno B. Andrade,
Betina Durovni,
Solange Calvacante,
María B. Arriaga,
Megan Turner,
Marina C. Figueiredo,
Valeria C. Rolla,
Timothy R. Sterling
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1537-6613
pISSN - 0022-1899
DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jiz595
Subject(s) - tuberculosis , weight gain , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , medicine , virology , immunology , intensive care medicine , body weight , pathology
Weight change may inform tuberculosis treatment response, but its predictive power may be confounded by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
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