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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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Saraceni,Valeria; Durovni,Betina; Cavalcante,Solange C.; Cohn,Silvia; Pacheco,Antonio Guilherme; Moulton,Lawrence H.; Chaisson,Richard E.; Golub,Jonathan E.. |
Background:The timing of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) after a tuberculosis diagnosis in HIV-infected patients can affect clinical outcomes and survival. We compared survival after tuberculosis diagnosis in HIV-infected adults who initiated HAART and tuberculosis therapy simultaneously to those who delayed the start of HAART for at least two months.Methods:The THRio cohort includes 17,983 patients receiving HIV care in 29 public clinics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. HAART-naïve patients at the time of a new TB diagnosis between September 2003 and June 2008 were included. Survival was measured in days from diagnosis of TB. We compared survival among patients who initiated HAART within 60 days of TB treatment (simultaneous – ST) to those who... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: HIV; Tuberculosis; Antiretroviral therapy; Survival. |
Ano: 2014 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702014000500491 |
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