2014
The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Mortality in HIV Positive People during Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Odone A, Amadasi S, White RG, Cohen T, Grant AD, Houben RM. The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Mortality in HIV Positive People during Tuberculosis Treatment: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PLOS ONE 2014, 9: e112017. PMID: 25391135, PMCID: PMC4229142, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive peopleAntiretroviral therapyTB treatmentTuberculosis treatmentSystematic reviewHIV-positive TB casesCoverage of ARTRisk of deathMain outcome measuresOutcomes of interestTB casesDual epidemicsTB therapyRelative riskOutcome measuresPooled estimatesStudy populationProportion of individualsFatality ratioPositive peopleMeta-AnalysisART statusClinical settingManual searchMortality
2013
The Effect of HIV-Related Immunosuppression on the Risk of Tuberculosis Transmission to Household Contacts
Huang CC, Tchetgen ET, Becerra MC, Cohen T, Hughes KC, Zhang Z, Calderon R, Yataco R, Contreras C, Galea J, Lecca L, Murray M. The Effect of HIV-Related Immunosuppression on the Risk of Tuberculosis Transmission to Household Contacts. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2013, 58: 765-774. PMID: 24368620, PMCID: PMC3935504, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit948.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusHousehold contactsIndex patientsCD4 countTuberculosis patientsTuberculosis transmissionHIV-negative tuberculosis patientsHIV-negative patientsHIV-positive patientsDrug-sensitive tuberculosisTuberculin skin testingTuberculosis infection statusRisk of infectionCoinfected PatientsActive tuberculosisTuberculosis infectionHIV statusSkin testingImmunodeficiency virusRisk factorsRelative riskPatientsTuberculosisInfection statusInfection