Open AccessEffect of Antiretroviral Therapy on Treatment Outcomes in a Prospective Study of Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) HIV Coinfection Treatment in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Author(s) -
Yuengling Ka,
Nesri Padayatchi,
Allison Wolf,
Barun Mathema,
Tyler S. Brown,
C. Robert Horsburgh,
OʼDonnell Mr
Publication year - 2018
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.0000000000001833
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , coinfection , nevirapine , extensively drug resistant tuberculosis , sputum , bedaquiline , mycobacterium tuberculosis , sputum culture , culture conversion , multi drug resistant tuberculosis , prospective cohort study , viral load , efavirenz , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , antiretroviral therapy , virology , pathology
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB)/HIV coinfection has been associated with high mortality and poor TB outcomes. We performed a prospective study to comprehensively characterize a cohort of patients with XDR-TB.