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Increased mortality after tuberculosis treatment completion in persons living with human immunodeficiency virus in Latin America

  • Caribbean, Central and South America Network for HIV Epidemiology
  • Groupe Haïtien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Fundación Huesped
  • Instituto Nacional de Infectologia Evandro Chagas (INI)
  • Fundación Arriaran–Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile
  • Escuela Universitario
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición “Salvador Zubirán”
  • Weill Cornell Medicine

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Abstract

We assessed the association between cured tuberculosis (TB) and mortality among persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Latin America. We compared survival among persons with and without TB at enrollment in HIV care, starting 9 months after clinic enrollment. In multivariable analysis, TB was associated with higher long-term mortality (hazard ratio, 1.57; 95% confidence interval, 1.25-1.99).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-217
Number of pages3
JournalClinical Infectious Diseases
Volume71
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2020

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • HIV
  • Long-term mortality
  • Screening
  • TB

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