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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Tuberculosis after initiation of antiretroviral therapy in low-income and high-income countries
Clinical Infectious Diseases, Volume 45, No. 11, Year 2007
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Description
We examined the incidence of and risk factors for tuberculosis during the first year of highly active antiretroviral therapy in low-income (4540 patients) and high-income (22,217 patients) countries. Although incidence was much higher in low-income countries, the reduction in the incidence of tuberculosis associated with highly active antiretroviral therapy was similar: the rate ratio for months 7-12 versus months 1-3 was 0.48 (95% confidence interval, 0.36-0.64) in low-income countries and 0.36 (95% confidence interval, 0.26-0.50) in high-income countries. A low CD4 cell count at the start of therapy was the most important risk factor in both settings. © 2007 by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Brinkhof, Martin W.G.
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Egger, Matthias
Unknown Affiliation
Boulle, Andrew
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
May, Margaret T.
United Kingdom, Bristol
University of Bristol
Hosseinipour, Mina C.
Malawi
University of Carolina Project
Sprinz, Eduardo
Brazil, Porto Alegre
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Braitstein, Paula K.A.
Kenya, Eldoret
Moi University
Dabis, Franćois Ç.Ois
France, Paris
Inserm
Reiss, Peter
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
Bangsberg, David R.
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Rickenbach, Martin
Switzerland, Lausanne
Swiss Hiv Cohort Study Data Center
Miró, José María
Spain, Barcelona
Universitat de Barcelona
Myer, Landon
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Mocroft, Amanda J.
United Kingdom, London
Ucl Medical School
Nash, Denis B.
United States, New York
Mailman School of Public Health
Keiser, Olivia
Unknown Affiliation
Pascoe, Margaret J.
Zimbabwe, Harare
Connaught Clinic
van der Borght, Stefaan F.M.
Netherlands, Amsterdam
Heineken International
Schechter, Mauro T.
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Brinkhof, Martin
Switzerland, Bern
University of Bern
Statistics
Citations: 107
Authors: 20
Affiliations: 16
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1086/522986
ISSN:
10584838
Study Design
Cohort Study