Timing of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-1-associated tuberculosis [1]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-476

  Lawn, Stephen D ^a   Wood, Robin ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG THERAPY; HEALTH CARE; HIV 1 ASSOCIATED TUBERCULOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; LETTER; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; TUBERCULOSIS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMMUNE RECONSTITUTION INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; RISK REDUCTION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NOTE;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84856562682     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1113986     Document Type: Letter

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