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Treatment of Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis in Persons with HIV

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Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection and the leading cause of death in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide. Persons with advanced HIV infection and those not on antiretroviral therapy (ART) are at highest risks of morbidity and mortality. Thus, early diagnosis and treatment of both HIV and TB are keys to treatment success. Concurrent treatment of both infections can be challenging due to high pill burden, overlapping toxicities, drug interactions, adherence concerns, and the potential of immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. This chapter provides an overview of treatment regimens and duration of therapy for drug-susceptible TB, management of adverse drug reactions, monitoring parameters, adherence interventions, and appropriate timing for ART initiation in this patient population.

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  1. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    Alice K. Pau

  2. Clinical Monitoring Research Program Directorate, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA

    Safia Kuriakose

  3. Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Kelly E. Dooley

  4. Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

    Gary Maartens

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Pau, A.K., Kuriakose, S., Dooley, K.E., Maartens, G. (2019). Treatment of Drug-Sensitive Tuberculosis in Persons with HIV. In: Sereti, I., Bisson, G.P., Meintjes, G. (eds) HIV and Tuberculosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29108-2_9

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