Linking HIV-infected TB patients to cotrimoxazole prophylaxis and antiretroviral treatment in India.

BACKGROUND:HIV-infected persons suffering from tuberculosis experience high mortality. No programmatic studies from India have documented the delivery of mortality-reducing interventions, such as cotrimoxazole prophylactic treatment (CPT) and antiretroviral treatment (ART). To guide TB-HIV policy in...

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Main Authors: Neeraj Raizada, Lakbir Singh Chauhan, B Sai Babu, Rahul Thakur, Ajay Khera, D Fraser Wares, Suvanand Sahu, D Bachani, B B Rewari, Puneet K Dewan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2695556?pdf=render