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| Saraceni,Valeria; Pacheco,Antonio Guilherme; Golub,Jonathan E; Vellozo,Vitoria; King,Bonnie S; Cavalcante,Solange C; Eldred,Lois; Chaisson,Richard E; Durovni,Betina. |
| BACKGROUND: Tuberculosis is the most common opportunistic infection among HIV-infected patients in Brazil. Brazil's national policy for HIV care recommends screening for latent tuberculosis (TB) and implementing isoniazid preventive therapy (IPT). OBJECTIVES: We compared physician adherence to TB screening and other prevention and care policies among HIV primary care clinics in Rio de Janeiro City. METHODS: Data on performance of CD4 counts, viral load testing, tuberculin skin testing (TST) and IPT were abstracted from patient charts at 29 HIV clinics in Rio de Janeiro as part of the TB/HIV in Rio (THRio) study. Data on use of pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis were also abstracted from a convenience sample of 150 patient charts at 10 HIV... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: AIDS-related opportunistic infections; Tuberculosis; Disease prevention; Guideline adherence. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000300012 |
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