Items tagged with HIV coinfection
GCTA Community Chitter Chatter on TB stigma in children (post)
Chinmay Modi, a young man of 25 years from India, living openly with HIV, struggled to get a correct diagnosis for TB for one and a half years before he was finally diagnosed with TB in his lymph nodes when he was 15. He took TB treatment for a year and today he is a strong TB/HIV advocate.
TB symptom screen less likely to detect active TB in people taking HIV treatment (post)
The four-symptom screen for active tuberculosis (TB) that is recommended for all people living with HIV in lower-income settings is less likely to detect active TB in people taking antiretroviral therapy (ART) and may be improved by the additional use of a chest x-ray, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO).
HIV, TB co-infection associated with decreased neurological performance (post)
Co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) may be associated with decreased neurological and neuropsychological functioning, according to a study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Groundbreaking pledge of United Nations agencies to end HIV, TB and viral hepatitis epidemics in Europe at high-level meeting on ending TB (post)
For the first time, 14 United Nations agencies have joined forces to end the epidemics of HIV, tuberculosis (TB) and viral hepatitis – Europe’s deadliest communicable diseases. The commitment was demonstrated with the launch of the first-ever United Nations Common Position on Ending HIV, TB and Viral Hepatitis through Intersectoral Collaboration in the WHO European Region.
Civil society reaction to the European Commission Staff Working Document on HIV/AIDS, TB and viral hepatitis (post)
Weak signals of political commitment
One in five exposed to TB during HIV clinic visits, Malawi study finds (post)
As many as one in five people attending an HIV clinic in Malawi had prolonged exposure to another patient with potentially infectious tuberculosis (TB) during the course of a year, according to a review of how people subsequently diagnosed with active TB overlapped in clinic attendance with other patients, published in the journal AIDS.
Managing the complexities and risks of HIV and TB coinfection (post)
New Rochelle, NY, October 18, 2018 — A new study identified a significant association between HIV infection and complexities of treating patients with tuberculosis coinfection. Patients with HIV were more likely to have more tuberculosis drug-related adverse events, more hospital readmissions, and longer tuberculosis treatment duration, as reported in AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. Click here to read the full-text article free on the AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses website through November 18, 2018.
Integrating HIV treatment and TB preventive therapy greatly improves IPT adherence (post)
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – When tuberculosis preventive therapy is delivered with HIV treatment services and patients get a choice in where they access treatment, completion of tuberculosis preventive therapy rises, helping to ensure people living with HIV stay healthy, researchers said here. This model of prevention should be scaled up in TB-HIV high burden settings, researchers said.
Prednisone cuts risk of dangerous immune-system rebound during HIV-TB treatment (post)
Giving low-dose prednisone soon after initiation of HIV therapy to people who are both infected with tuberculosis and have very low CD4 counts can prevent their immune system from dangerously rebounding against the TB infection, doctors report.
Viral suppression key to preventing mother-to-child transmission, but food insecurity, TB and STIs may also be risk factors (post)
Reducing maternal viral load during pregnancy is the most important factor in preventing mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV, results of a large study published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal confirm. Other risk factors for MTCT included insufficient food, a recent sexually transmitted infection (STI) and a history of diseases associated with immune suppression.
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