AIDS 2016: New WHO Algorithm Aims to Prevent TB Deaths in People with Advanced HIV
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- Category: Tuberculosis (TB)
- Published on Tuesday, 23 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Theo Smart
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a new diagnostic algorithm to reduce the likelihood of seriously ill people with HIV dying of undiagnosed and untreated tuberculosis (TB). The algorithm was presented at a scientific workshop at the 21st International AIDS Conference last month in Durban.
AIDS 2016: High-Dose Rifampicin for TB May Improve Survival of HIV+ People with Low CD4 Counts
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- Category: Tuberculosis (TB)
- Published on Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Theo Smart
More aggressive tuberculosis (TB) treatment using a high dose of rifampicin, in addition to antiretroviral therapy (ART), could reduce mortality among people with HIV/TB coinfection who are severely immunocompromised, according to results from the 3-arm RAFA trial presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) last month in Durban.
AIDS 2016: Training Community Health Workers Leads to Surge in TB Diagnoses in Malawi
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- Category: Tuberculosis (TB)
- Published on Friday, 29 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Theo Smart
An intervention using community health workers -- who normally provide case management support for HIV-positive pregnant women and their families -- to also provide intensified tuberculosis (TB) case finding was associated with a dramatic 20-fold increase in TB detection at a very busy antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinic in rural Malawi, according to a study presented at the 21st International AIDS Conference last week in Durban.
AIDS 2016: Does Detectable CMV Signal High Mortality Risk for Older People with HIV and TB?
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- Category: Tuberculosis (TB)
- Published on Wednesday, 03 August 2016 00:00
- Written by Theo Smart
A study conducted in a cohort of hospitalized adults with HIV-associated tuberculosis (TB) in Khayelitsha found that having a detectable cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load was associated with higher mortality within the first 12 weeks on TB treatment, according to Amy Ward from the University of Cape Town, who presented the findings at the 21st International AIDS Conference last month in Durban.
AIDS 2016: TB 2016 Demands a Global Commitment to End Tuberculosis
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- Category: Tuberculosis (TB)
- Published on Tuesday, 19 July 2016 00:00
- Written by Theo Smart
While much of the TB 2016 meeting, held ahead of the 21st International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016) in Durban, was devoted to the rapidly evolving science in the fight against tuberculosis (TB), the meeting also highlighted the failure of the world, including the international HIV community, to adequately respond to the TB epidemic -- which last year surpassed HIV as the leading infectious cause of death in the world.
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