Abstract
The proper timing of antiretroviral therapy (ART) to HIV-patients co-infected with tuberculosis has been debated. We review three studies on this matter. One study found a significant reduced mortality for patients with CD4+ T-cell counts (CD4+) ≤ 200 per mm3 who received ART early, whereas the other two studies found this difference for patients with CD4+ < 50 per mm3.The risk of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome was significantly increased for the patients receiving ART early, but this contributed only to a small fraction of deaths related to HIV after the initiation of ART.
| Translated title of the contribution | Simultaneous treatment of HIV and tuberculosis is possible and necessary |
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| Original language | Danish |
| Article number | V03130163 |
| Journal | Ugeskrift for Laeger |
| Volume | 176 |
| Issue number | 6A |
| ISSN | 0041-5782 |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Feb 2014 |
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