… Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV infection continue to be major global health threats. While
deaths related to HIV infection have decreased markedly over recent years, reductions in TB-…

… Challenges related to diagnosing tuberculosis in people with HIV infection can result in
diagnostic delays. Drug–drug interactions and immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (…

… epidemiology of HIV infection–associated TB and the global … the interaction between HIV
infection and drug-resistant TB only in its … of HIV infection. There was no association between …

… of subclinical TB in HIVinfected persons is not … HIV infection, in whom TB may be a chronic,
lowgrade condition, persons with HIV infection almost always experience progression of TB …

… Coinfection with HIV leads to difficulties in both the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.
Because of the poor performance of sputum smear microscopy in HIV-infected patients, more …

… of these two infections, it is estimated that in 1999, HIV related tuberculosis will reach one …
Tuberculosis in HIV infected individuals may have unusual clinical features and can cause …

… Although South Africa is home to <1% of the global population, it accounts for 17% of the
global burden of HIV infection and approximately one quarter of all HIV-TB co-…

… patients represent 8% of the worldwide total of TB cases [6]. More than 30% of TB cases in
Africa are also coinfected by HIV [6]. During HIV infection, an increased risk of developing TB …

… tuberculosis in patients with HIV infection in Britain will depend on any overlap between the
population infected with HIV … Increases in cases of tuberculosis associated with HIV infection …

… of tuberculosis in HIVinfected patients is associated with an … by tuberculosis leads to prolonged
increased HIV replication … associated with HIV infection in our area.The exclusion of the …