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. 2009 Mar 15;48(6):829-31.
doi: 10.1086/597098.

High mortality among patients with AIDS who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis in the first 3 months of antiretroviral therapy

Serena P Koenig  1 , Cynthia Riviere, Paul Leger, Patrice Joseph, Patrice Severe, Kea Parker, Sean Collins, Erin Lee, Jean W Pape, Daniel W Fitzgerald
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High mortality among patients with AIDS who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis in the first 3 months of antiretroviral therapy

Serena P Koenig et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

We analyzed mortality among 201 patients with AIDS and tuberculosis in Haiti. Patients who received a diagnosis of tuberculosis during the first 3 months after the initiation of antiretroviral therapy were 3.25 times more likely to die than were other patients with AIDS and tuberculosis. Failure to recognize active tuberculosis at initiation of antiretroviral therapy leads to increased mortality.

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Potential conflicts of interest. All authors: no conflicts.

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Kaplan-Meier survival estimate of patients with AIDS and active tuberculosis. Patients are stratified by whether or not they received a diagnosis of active tuberculosis in the first 3 months after initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). P < .001, by log-rank test.
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