Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infections place an immense burden on health care systems
and pose particular diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Infection with HIV is the most …

Tuberculosis (TB) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency
syndrome (HIV/AIDS) constitute the main burden of infectious disease in resource-limited …

SUMMARY A syndemic is defined as the convergence of two or more diseases that act
synergistically to magnify the burden of disease. The intersection and syndemic interaction …

This report updates and combines earlier versions of guidelines for the prevention and
treatment of opportunistic infections (OIs) in HIV-infected adults (ie, persons aged> 18 years) …

Background Tuberculosis remains an important cause of death among patients infected with
the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Robust data are lacking with regard to the timing …

In patients with HIV-1 infection who are starting combination antiretroviral therapy (ART), the
incidence of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) is not well defined. We did …

The aim of these guidelines is to describe a practical but evidence-based approach to the
diagnosis and treatment of central nervous system tuberculosis in children and adults. We …

The immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) has emerged as an important early
complication of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in resource-limited settings, especially in …

Background Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is being scaled up in developing
countries. We compared baseline characteristics and outcomes during the first year of …

Two-thirds of the world's HIV-infected people live in sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 1.5
million of them die annually. As access to antiretroviral treatment has expanded within the …