Gerardo Alvarez?Uria|Praveen Kumar Naik|Raghavakalyan Pakam|Lakshminaryana Bachu|Manoranjan Midde
Natural History and Factors Associated with Early and Delayed Mortality in HIV-Infected Patients Treated of Tuberculosis under Directly Observed Treatment Short-Course Strategy: A Prospective Cohort Study in India
despite impressive global results dots india effectiveness dots treatment tuberculosis hivinfected patients well known observational prospective cohort study performed anantapur district andhra pradesh india study included 1000 dots antituberculosis treatment att episodes 840 personyears cd4 lymphocyte count 200 cellsmm 3 77 cases 21 retreatments two thirds presented extrapulmonary tuberculosis common form extrapulmonary tuberculosis tuberculous meningitis followed pleuritis abdominal tuberculosis lymphadenitis cumulative incidence mortality 16 26 39 46 1 3 12 24 months respectively factors associated threemonth early mortality homeless low cd4 lymphocyte count tuberculous meningitis belonging socially disadvantaged community 35 years antiretroviral therapy moment initiating att factors associated delayed mortality low cd4 lymphocyte count belonging socially disadvantaged community receiving category ii att previous episode att acid fast bacilli sputum att initiation findings indicate urgent need improve treatment tuberculosis hivinfected patients india