Transmission of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and the Critical Importance of Airborne Infection Control in the Era of HIV Infection and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Rollouts
Shenoi SV, Escombe AR, Friedland G. Transmission of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and the Critical Importance of Airborne Infection Control in the Era of HIV Infection and Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Rollouts. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2010, 50: s231-s237. PMID: 20397953, PMCID: PMC3029014, DOI: 10.1086/651496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfection control strategiesResource-limited settingsHIV infectionInfection controlActive antiretroviral therapy rolloutHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionAntiretroviral therapy rolloutTransmission of drugDrug-resistant TBImmunodeficiency virus infectionDrug-resistant tuberculosisHealth care workersAirborne infection controlNosocomial transmissionTuberculosis careVirus infectionCare workersInfectionCurrent outbreakHigh rateTBPotential benefitsMorbidityHIVTuberculosis