Prevalence and risk factors of active TB among adult HIV patients receiving ART in northwestern Tanzania: a retrospective cohort study

DW Gunda, SC Maganga, I Nkandala… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. Although ART has improved the outcome of people living with HIV/AIDS, still
some patients develop TB while receiving ART. The literature on the magnitude of this …

[HTML][HTML] Immunologic and virological response to ART among HIV infected individuals at a tertiary hospital in Ghana

D Obiri-Yeboah, F Pappoe, I Baidoo, F Arthur… - BMC Infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Background The need to study the outcome of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) among Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infected individuals in Ghana, a sub-Saharan African country …

Impact of ART on TB case fatality stratified by CD4 count for HIV-positive TB patients in Cape Town, South Africa (2009–2011)

R Kaplan, J Caldwell, K Middelkoop… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To identify determinants of tuberculosis (TB) case fatality including the impact of
antiretroviral therapy (ART) at different CD4 thresholds for HIV-positive adult and adolescent …

Prevalence and risk factors of mortality among adult HIV patients initiating ART in rural setting of HIV care and treatment services in North Western Tanzania: a …

DW Gunda, I Nkandala, SB Kilonzo… - Journal of sexually …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction. HIV still causes high mortality despite use of ART. This study was designed to
determine the prevalence and risk factors of mortality among HIV patients receiving ART in …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence, predictors, and management of advanced HIV disease among individuals initiating ART in Senegal, West Africa

NA Benzekri, JF Sambou, S Ndong, IT Tamba… - BMC infectious …, 2019 - Springer
Background The WHO guidelines for the management of advanced HIV disease
recommend a package of care consisting of rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) …

Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV‐infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009

EH Geng, PW Hunt, LO Diero, S Kimaiyo… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background East Africa has experienced a rapid expansion in access to antiretroviral
therapy (ART) for HIV‐infected patients. Regionally representative socio‐demographic …

Cost effectiveness of testing HIV infected individuals for TB in a low TB/HIV setting

SJ Capocci, J Sewell, C Smith, I Cropley, S Bhagani… - Journal of Infection, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives Guidelines recommend routine testing for latent TB infection (LTBI) in people
living with HIV. However there are few cost-effectiveness studies to justify this in …

[HTML][HTML] HIV and TB co-infection in the ART era: CD4 count distributions and TB case fatality in Cape Town

R Kaplan, S Hermans, J Caldwell, K Jennings… - BMC infectious …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background In Cape Town, the roll-out of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased
over the last decade with an estimated coverage of 63% of HIV-positive patients in 2013 …

Incidence and risk factors for tuberculosis in HIV-infected patients while on antiretroviral treatment in Cambodia

K Choun, S Thai, R Pe, N Lorent… - Transactions of the …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background Given the lack of detailed studies on tuberculosis (TB) in patients on
antiretroviral treatment (ART) in South-East Asia, we aimed to determine the incidence and …

[HTML][HTML] Incidence and determinants of tuberculosis among adults initiating antiretroviral therapy–Mozambique, 2004–2008

AF Auld, F Mbofana, RW Shiraishi, C Alfredo… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background In Mozambique, tuberculosis (TB) is thought to be the most common cause of
death among antiretroviral therapy (ART) enrollees. Monitoring proportions of enrollees …