Items tagged with HIV coinfection
TB vaccine discovery paves path to end no. 1 killer of people living with HIV (post)
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered a tuberculosis (TB) vaccination strategy that could prevent the leading cause of death among people worldwide living with HIV.
Use of rapid tests to diagnose TB among people with HIV in Africa has increased, but barriers to implementation remain (post)
A study conducted by a student in ISGlobal-UB’s Master of Global identifies the main barriers for using the LF-LAM test as recommended by the WHO in countries with the highest disease burden.
Steroid fails to boost survival in advanced HIV patients with TB meningitis (post)
Adding dexamethasone to treatment for tuberculous (TB) meningitis among heavily immunosuppressed HIV-positive patients in a low-resource setting did not significantly improve survival or confer any other measured benefits, a randomized controlled trial showed.
Post-treatment recurrence risk low for multidrug-resistant TB (post)
There was a low risk for post-treatment recurrence among patients who received treatment for multidrug- or rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis infection.
Spontaneous abortion in women with HIV linked to isoniazid exposure in pregnancy (post)
Exposure to isoniazid prevention therapy during the first trimester of pregnancy is associated with increased risk for fetal demise, according to study results published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Scientists invent single, rapid test for both HIV and TB (post)
Researchers at Tulane have developed a new and rapid test that can detect both HIV and tuberculosis at the same time with just a small amount of blood.
The key to overcoming the dual burden of TB and HIV (post)
For people living with HIV, tuberculosis is a big problem. It is the leading cause of death among those with HIV, who are 14 to 18 times more likely to fall ill with the disease than those without HIV, according to the World Health Organization. Latent TB infections can more easily progress to full disease due to the weakened immune system of people with HIV. Around 1 in 3 AIDS-related deaths in 2021 were also due to TB.
TB still much more common in people with HIV in high-income settings (post)
TB prevalence, illness and deaths are very much more common in the low- and middle-income countries than high-income countries. However the higher rate of TB in low- and middle-income settings, especially in people with HIV, has meant that large TB studies have tended to be conducted there, and in some ways we know less about TB in high-income settings, especially in people with HIV.
Drug resistance, HIV hampering fight against TB in Moldova (post)
The health editor of Euractiv, Giedrė Peseckytė, reported back from a press trip to Moldova organised by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to explore the challenges that remain in efforts to end the TB epidemic in the country by 2030, as set in the Sustainable Development Goals.
NanoPin Technologies develops TB+HIV test to address global epidemic (post)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, UNITED STATES, January 17, 2024 -- NanoPin Technologies, Inc. offers a new rapid test to detect both human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB) from the same small draw of blood.
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