High mortality among patients with AIDS who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis in the first 3 months of antiretroviral therapy

Clin Infect Dis. 2009 Mar 15;48(6):829-31. doi: 10.1086/597098.

Abstract

We analyzed mortality among 201 patients with AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti. Patients who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis during the first 3 months after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy were 3.25 times more likely to die than were other patients with AIDS and tuberculosis. Failure to recognize active tuberculosis at initiation of antiretroviral therapy leads to increased mortality.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / drug therapy*
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Female
  • Haiti
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Survival Analysis
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tuberculosis / drug therapy*
  • Tuberculosis / mortality*
  • Young Adult