Poor response to tuberculosis treatment with regimens without rifampicin in immunosuppressed AIDS patients

A prospective study was conducted on 79 advanced immunosuppressed AIDS patients from 1997 to 1999, during which nine cases of tuberculosis (TB) were diagnosed. The main clinical and laboratory characteristics and the response to TB treatment were reviewed. The clinical manifestations of TB were: pul...

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Main Author: O'Donnel,M.M. (author)
Other Authors: Souza Carvalho,S. (author), Gadelha,A.J. (author), Morgado,M.G. (author), Galhardo,M.C.G. (author), Lourenço,M.C. (author), Rolla,V.C. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2002
Subjects:
AIDS
immunosuppression
rifampicin
tuberculosis
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702002000600001
Country:Brazil
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