Timing of Antiretroviral Therapy for HIV-1 Infection and Tuberculosis
In this international study involving 809 patients with HIV and TB coinfection, earlier therapy for both infections, versus waiting 8 to 12 weeks to initiate antiretrovirals after anti-TB therapy, was beneficial in patients with a low CD4+ T-cell count (<50 per cubic millimeter). The treatment of...
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| Vydáno v: | The New England journal of medicine Ročník 365; číslo 16; s. 1482 - 1491 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Waltham, MA
Massachusetts Medical Society
20.10.2011
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| ISSN: | 0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406 |
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| Shrnutí: | In this international study involving 809 patients with HIV and TB coinfection, earlier therapy for both infections, versus waiting 8 to 12 weeks to initiate antiretrovirals after anti-TB therapy, was beneficial in patients with a low CD4+ T-cell count (<50 per cubic millimeter).
The treatment of patients with tuberculosis and newly identified infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is one of the most challenging aspects of HIV medicine. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) must be started during treatment for tuberculosis,
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yet starting ART very early in the course of tuberculosis therapy increases the pill burden, the potential drug toxicity, and the risk of tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS).
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For these reasons, programs, providers, and patients are reluctant to initiate ART during the intensive 8-week induction phase of tuberculosis therapy, when the pill burden and toxicity of tuberculosis medications are greatest. . . . |
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| Bibliografie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 ObjectType-Article-2 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 ObjectType-Undefined-3 Authors’ full names and degrees, along with members of the A5221 study team, are listed in the Supplementary Appendix |
| ISSN: | 0028-4793 1533-4406 1533-4406 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/NEJMoa1013607 |