Items tagged with HIV coinfection
In-depth: Use of urine test for TB increasing (post)
While tuberculosis (TB) is the top killer of people living with HIV, TB is also harder to diagnose in people living with HIV than in people who are not. What is more, TB is particularly difficult to diagnose in people living with HIV who have compromised immune systems.
Improving TB prevention programs aimed at HIV patients (post)
The intervention included meeting with experts, texting services to improve and facilitate communication, and data collection and dissemination.
The NIH/DAIDS Cross-Network (ACTG/HVTN/IMPAACT) TB Vaccine Working Group calls for people living with HIV to be included in TB vaccine development (post)
SEATTLE (Friday, October 14, 2022) – People living with HIV must be included in clinical trials for new tuberculosis vaccine candidates currently in the development pipeline, say experts on an international panel convened last year to address gaps in the current TB vaccine landscape.
Optimal time to initiate antiretroviral therapy after pulmonary TB treatment in pediatric patients (post)
These study findings support the World Health Organization’s recommendation to initiate antiretroviral therapy in HIV-positive pediatric patients within 2 weeks of initiating treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis.
TB doubles risk of death in patients on ART (post)
Coinfection of tuberculosis (TB) among people with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) aggravates the risk of death, a recent study has found.
Diagnostic care for TB significantly limited among HIV-positive inpatients (post)
There was a significant gap in TB diagnostic care both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic among hospitalized patients with advanced HIV infection.
Standards of care: HIV, VH, and TB - good practices and ensuring prevention & care for people on the move (post)
The EU Health Policy Platform Thematic Network on HIV, TB and viral hepatitis will host a webinar on 16 February 2023 providing an overview of key standards of care for people living with or most affected by HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis (VH), TB (especially drug-resistant) and gaps. It will also look at ways to ensure continued prevention and care for displaced and mobile people and other migrant populations.
CROI 2023 TB research round up (post)
Treatment Action Group (TAG) released an overview of TB research data reported at the 30th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2023) held on 19-22 February 2023 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Highlights include the much-anticipated results of the SimpliciTB trial; additional analyses of the two-month TB treatment regimen studied in the TRUNCATE-TB trial; and the first clinical trial data on sutezolid since 2012.
Standards of care: HIV, VH, and TB - good practices and ensuring prevention & care for people on the move: Webinar materials now available online (post)
The EU Health Policy Platform Thematic Network on HIV, TB and viral hepatitis (VH) hosted a webinar on 16 February 2023 providing an overview of key standards of care for people living with or most affected by HIV/AIDS, VH, TB (especially drug-resistant) and gaps. It also looked at ways to ensure continued prevention and care for displaced and mobile people and other migrant populations.
UNAIDS Executive Director message on World TB Day – Yes, we shall and we can end TB among people living with HIV! (post)
Today, on World TB Day, we must recognize the urgent need to end the TB epidemic around the world, especially among people living with HIV.
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