Mortality in HIV-infected patients with tuberculosis treated with streptomycin and a two-week intensified regimen: data from an HIV cohort study using inverse probability of treatment weighting

Background. Despite the dramatic scale-up of antiretroviral therapy in low- and middle-income countries, tuberculosis (TB) is still the main cause of death among HIV-infected patients in resource-limited settings. Previous studies in patients with TB meningitis suggest that the use of higher doses o...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Manoranjan Midde, Praveen K. Naik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2053.pdf