Potential utility of empirical tuberculosis treatment for HIV-infected patients with advanced immunodeficiency in high TB-HIV burden settings [Unresolved issues]
Keywords: Africa; HIV; empirical treatment; mortality; tuberculosis
Document Type: Invited Paper
Affiliations: 1: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; and Zambia AIDS Related Tuberculosis Project, University of Zambia Ridgeway Campus, Lusaka, Zambia 2: National Tuberculosis Programme, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania 3: South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis (SACEMA), Stellenbosch, South Africa 4: Family Health International, Washington, DC, USA 5: Grupo Pela VIDDA–Rio de Janeiro, Parceria Brasileira Contra a Tuberculose (Stop TB Brazil), Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK 7: Department of HIV/AIDS, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland 8: Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; and International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, France
Publication date: 01 March 2011
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