Open AccessExtensively Drug-Resistant TB in Eastern Cape, South Africa: High Mortality in HIV-Negative and HIV-Positive Patients
Author(s) -
Charlotte Kvasnovsky,
J. Peter Cegielski,
Roshen Erasmus,
N Olga Siwisa,
Khulile Thomas,
Martie L. Van der Walt
Publication year - 2011
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.0b013e31821190a3
Subject(s) - medicine , tuberculosis , sputum , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , sputum culture , retrospective cohort study , cohort , extensively drug resistant tuberculosis , pediatrics , surgery , mycobacterium tuberculosis , immunology , pathology
Tuberculosis is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) have had high mortality rates, especially when coinfected with HIV.