Major Challenges in Clinical Management of TB/HIV Coinfected Patients in Eastern Europe Compared with Western Europe and Latin America.

Major Challenges in Clinical Management of TB/HIV Coinfected Patients in Eastern Europe Compared with Western Europe and Latin America.

Rates of TB/HIV coinfection and multi-drug resistant (MDR)-TB are increasing in Eastern Europe (EE). We aimed to study clinical characteristics, factors associated with MDR-TB and predicted activity of empiric anti-TB treatment at time of TB diagnosis among TB/HIV coinfected patients in EE, Western...

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Main Authors: Anne Marie W Efsen, Anna Schultze, Frank A Post, Alexander Panteleev, Hansjakob Furrer, Robert F Miller, Marcelo H Losso, Javier Toibaro, Aliaksandr Skrahin, Jose M Miro, Joan A Caylà, Enrico Girardi, Mathias Bruyand, Niels Obel, Daria N Podlekareva, Jens D Lundgren, Amanda Mocroft, Ole Kirk, TB:HIV study group in EuroCoord
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4696866?pdf=render

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