Article
Empirical treatment for TB in HIV: lessons from a cohort study of people living with HIV treated in Recife, Brazil
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ALBUQUERQUE, Maria de Fátima P. Militão de et al. Empirical treatment for TB in HIV: lessons from a cohort study of people living with HIV treated in Recife, Brazil. BMC Public Health, v. 14, p. 1-9, 29 Mar. 2014.
1471-2458
10.1186/1471-2458-14-289
Autor
Albuquerque, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de
Coimbra, Isabella
Batista, Joanna d'Arc
Maruza, Magda
Ximenes, Ricardo A. A.
Lacerda, Heloísa R.
Miranda-Filho, Demócrito B.
Santos, Marcela L.
Rodrigues, Laura C.
Resumen
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death related to HIV worldwide. This study analyzes the survival of People Living with HIV (PLHIV) reporting cough without bacteriological confirmation of TB and identify factors associated with death.