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Complications of antiretroviral therapy initiation in hospitalised patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis

Author: van der Plas, Helen ; Meintjes, Graeme ; Schutz, Charlotte ; Goliath, Rene ; Myer, Landon ; Baatjie, Dorothea ; Wilkinson, Robert J ; Maartens, Gary ; Mendelson, Marc Date: 2013 BACKGROUND: HIV-associated tuberculosis is a common coinfection in Sub-Saharan Africa, which causes high morbidity and mortality. A sub-set of HIV-associated tuberculosis patients require prolonged hospital admission, during which antiretroviral ... Read more c b
Prognostic indicators in the World Health Organization’s algorithm for seriously ill HIV-infected inpatients with suspected tuberculosis

Author: Griesel, Rulan ; Stewart, Annemie ; van der Plas, Helen ; Sikhondze, Welile ; Mendelson, Marc ; Maartens, Gary Date: 12 Feb 2018 Background: Criteria for the 2007 WHO algorithm for diagnosing tuberculosis among HIV-infected seriously ill patients are the presence of one or more danger signs (respiratory rate > 30/min, heart rate > 120/min, temperature > 39 °C, and being ... Read more
Prolonged tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: characteristics and risk factors

Author: Bana, Tasnim M ; Lesosky, Maia ; Pepper, Dominique J ; van der Plas, Helen ; Schutz, Charlotte ; Goliath, Rene ; Morroni, Chelsea ; Mendelson, Marc ; Maartens, Gary ; Wilkinson, Robert J ; Meintjes, Graeme Date: 27 Sep 2016 Background: In a proportion of patients with HIV-associated tuberculosis who develop paradoxical immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS), the clinical course of IRIS is prolonged necessitating substantial health care utilization ... Read more c b

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