Impact of the antiretroviral treatment program on the burden of hospitalization for culture-confirmed tuberculosis in South African children: A time-series analysis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 972-977

  Dangor, Ziyaad ^a   Izu, Alane ^a   Hillier, Kelty ^b   Solomon, Fatima ^a   Beylis, Natalie ^c   Moore, David P ^a   Nunes, Marta C ^a   Madhi, Shabir A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b City of Hamilton Public Health Services   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Children; HIV; Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 85047689278     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31828d9aa4     Document Type: Article

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